A membrane-bound glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase from Thalassiosira pseudonana regulates acyl composition of glycerolipids

Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 544-551

  Xu, Jingyu ^a   Zheng, Zhifu ^b   Zou, Jitao ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyltransferase; GPAT; Phospholipids; Substrate specificity; TAG; Thalassiosira pseudonana

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE; MUTATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; YEAST;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

EID: 68149142384     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-145     Document Type: Article

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