Reducing saturated fatty acids in Arabidopsis seeds by expression of a Caenorhabditis elegans 16:0-specific desaturase

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 480-489

  Fahy, Deirdre ^a   Scheer, Barbara ^a,b   Wallis, James G ^a   Browse, John ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Burlingame   (United States)

Author keywords

Desaturase; Palmitate; Seed specific

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; FATTY ACID;

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

ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84876957700     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12034     Document Type: Article

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