The production of unusual fatty acids in transgenic plants

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 295-319

  Napier, Johnathan A ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desaturase; Elongase; Industrial fatty acids; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Seeds; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DELTA 12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DELTA-12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FISH OILS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIPID METABOLISM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSGENES;

EID: 34250841752     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.58.032806.103811     Document Type: Review

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