Fatty acid elongation is independent of acyl-coenzyme a synthetase activities in leek and Brassica napus

Plant Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 251-258

  Hlousek Radojcic, Alenka ^a   Evenson, Kimberly J ^a,c   Jaworski, Jan G ^b   Post Beittenmiller, Dusty ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GLYCEROLIPID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; MALONYL COENZYME A; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; STEARIC ACID;

ALLIUM PORRUM; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 0031727868     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.1.251     Document Type: Article

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