Accumulation of ricinoleic, lesquerolic, and densipolic acids in seeds of transgenic arabidopsis plants that express a fatty acyl hydroxylase cDNA from castor bean

Plant Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 933-942

  Broun, Pierre ^a   Somerville, Chris ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0031105799     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.3.933     Document Type: Article

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