A jojoba β-ketoacyl-CoA synthase cDNA complements the canola fatty acid elongation mutation in transgenic plants

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 281-292

  Lassner, Michael W ^a   Lardizabal, Kathryn ^a   Metz, James G ^a  

^a Calgene Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0030087970     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.2.281     Document Type: Article

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