A large and functionally diverse family of Fad2 genes in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cao, Shijiang ^a,b   Zhou, Xue Rong ^a   Wood, Craig C ^a   Green, Allan G ^a   Singh, Surinder P ^a   Liu, Lixia ^b   Liu, Qing ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DELTA 12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DELTA-12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SAFFLOWER;

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871897753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-5     Document Type: Article

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