A land-plant-specific glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase family in arabidopsis: Substrate specificity, sn-2 preference, and evolution

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 638-652

  Yang, Weili ^a   Simpson, Jeffrey P ^a   Li Beisson, Yonghua ^a,b   Beisson, Fred ^a,b   Pollard, Mike ^a   Ohlrogge, John B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84867120309     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.201996     Document Type: Article

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