Reduced expression of FatA thioesterases in Arabidopsis affects the oil content and fatty acid composition of the seeds

Planta

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 629-639

  Moreno Pérez, Antonio J ^a   Venegas Calerón, Mónica ^a   Vaistij, Fabián E ^b   Salas, Joaquín J ^a   Larson, Tony R ^b   Garcés, Rafael ^a   Graham, Ian A ^b   Martínez Force, Enrique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyl acyl carrier protein thioesterase; Deficient mutant; FatA; Metabolic flux; Oil content; Triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; OLEOYL (ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN) HYDROLASE; OLEOYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) HYDROLASE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84857635809     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1534-5     Document Type: Article

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