Metabolic engineering of fatty acids for breeding of new oilseed crops: Strategies, problems and first results

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 779-802

  Drexler, Hjördis ^a   Spiekermann, Patricia ^a   Meyer, Astrid ^a   Domergue, Frédéric ^a   Zank, Thorsten ^a   Sperling, Petra ^a   Abbadi, Amine ^a   Heinz, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Brassica; Channeling; Desaturase; Elongase; Fatty acid biosynthesis; Triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0041352961     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-01025     Document Type: Article

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