Oleate desaturase activity in sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seeds and its relation to associated constituents during seed development

Plant Science

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-47

  Gray, David A ^a   Kekwick, Roy G O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1,2 diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferase; Acyl CoA; B Type cytochrome; CDP choline; Developing sunflower seeds; Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase; Microsomes; Oleate desaturase

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 0030042083     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9452(96)04353-1     Document Type: Article

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