Triacylglycerols are synthesised and utilized by transacylation reactions in microsomal preparations of developing safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) seeds

Planta

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-66

  Stobart, Keith ^a,b   Mancha, Manuel ^a,c   Lenman, Marit ^a   Dahlqvist, Anders ^a   Stymne, Sten ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carthamus (lipids); Lipid interconversion; Microsome; Oil seed; Transacylation; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS;

EID: 0030802803     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050165     Document Type: Article

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