Arabidopsis LONG-CHAIN ACYL-COA SYNTHETASE 1 (LACS1), LACS2, and LACS3 facilitate fatty acid uptake in yeast

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-39

  Pulsifer, Ian P ^a   Kluge, Sabine ^a,b   Rowland, Owen ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acyl coenzyme A synthetase; Arabidopsis thaliana; Fatty acid transport; Lipid metabolism; Plant cuticle; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 81055134848     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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