Acyl CoA profiles of transgenic plants that accumulate medium-chain fatty acids indicate inefficient storage lipid synthesis in developing oilseeds

Plant Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 519-527

  Larson, Tony R ^a   Edgell, Teresa ^a   Byrne, James ^b   Dehesh, Katayoon ^b,c   Graham, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Calgene LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

oxidation; Acyl CoA; Brassica napus; Lipid synthesis; Medium chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; LIPIDS; SEED;

OILSEEDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACYL COENZYME A; BRASSICA NAPUS; CUPHEA; FATTY ACIDS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; CUPHEA; CUPHEA HOOKERIANA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0037632272     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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