Fatty acid distribution and lipid metabolism in developing seeds of laurate-producing rape (Brassica napus L.)

Planta

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 341-348

  Wiberg, E ^a   Banas, A ^a,b   Stymne, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brassica; Laurate; Lipid metabolism; Membrane lipid; Seed (developing); Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LAURIC ACID; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MICROSOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BRASSICA; FATTY ACIDS; LAURIC ACIDS; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROSOMES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 0030770966     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050200     Document Type: Article

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