A cuphea β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase shifts the synthesis of fatty acids towards shorter chains in Arabidopsis seeds expressing Cuphea fatB thioesterases

Plant Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 621-628

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

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA KETOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE I; BETA-KETOACYL-ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE I; FATB1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FATB1 PROTEIN, PLANT; FATTY ACID; ISOENZYME; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

3-OXOACYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; ISOENZYMES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES;

ARABIDOPSIS; CUPHEA; CUPHEA WRIGHTII; TRIXIS;

EID: 0031956097     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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