Diacylglycerol acyltransferase: A key mediator of plant triacylglycerol synthesis

Lipids

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1073-1088

  Lung, Shiu Cheung ^a   Weselake, Randall J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; FOOD ADDITIVES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCEROL; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE (DGAT); ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM PROTEINS; MOLECULAR GENETIC STRATEGIES; NUTRACEUTICALS;

ENZYME KINETICS;

ACYL COENZYME A; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NUTRACEUTICAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FOOD; FRUIT; GERMINATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLASTID; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33846211895     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-006-5057-y     Document Type: Review

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