Natural variation for seed oil composition in Arabidopsis thaliana

Phytochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1077-1090

  O'Neill, Carmel M ^a   Gill, Samantha ^a   Hobbs, Douglas ^a   Morgan, Colin ^a   Bancroft, Ian ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; FAD3; FAE1; Natural variation; Seed lipid traits

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DRY WEIGHT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRAIT; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0142026178     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00351-0     Document Type: Article

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