Dual role for phospholipid: Diacylglycerol acyltransferase: Enhancing fatty acid synthesis and diverting fatty acids from membrane lipids to triacylglycerol in Arabidopsis leaves

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3506-3518

  Fan, Jilian ^a   Yan, Chengshi ^a   Zhang, Xuebin ^a   Xu, Changcheng ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; GALACTOLIPID; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; THYLAKOID; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACIDS; GALACTOLIPIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; THYLAKOIDS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84886574266     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.117358     Document Type: Article

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