Cuphea wrightii thioesterases have unexpected broad specificities on saturated fatty acids

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 669-679

  Leonard, Jeffrey M ^a   Slabaugh, Mary B ^a   Knapp, Steven J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuphea; FatB; Fatty acid; Medium chain; Seed oil; Thioesterase

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FATB1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FATB1 PROTEIN, PLANT; FATB2 PROTEIN, CUPHEA PALUSTRIS; FATTY ACID; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; VEGETABLE OIL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACIDS; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT OILS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; CUPHEA; CUPHEA WRIGHTII; ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0031193701     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005846830784     Document Type: Article

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