All fatty acids are not equal: Discrimination in plant membrane lipids

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 95-101

  Millar, Anthony A ^a   Smith, Mark A ^b   Kunst, Ljerka ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL; FATTY ACID; HYDROXYACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CROP; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCERIDES; HYDROXY ACIDS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0034162664     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(00)01566-1     Document Type: Review

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