Genetic engineering of lipid biosynthesis in seeds

Biotechnology of Crucifers

Volumn 9781461477952, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-149

  Singer, Stacy D ^a   Greer, Michael S ^a   Mietkiewska, Elzbieta ^a   Pan, Xue ^a   Weselake, Randall J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Carotenoids; Fatty acid composition; Oil content; Plant biotechnology; Tocochromanols

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FATTY ACIDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OILS AND FATS; OILSEEDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES; BRASSICACEAE; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; LIPID BIOSYNTHESIS; OIL CONTENTS; OIL QUALITY; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; SEED OIL CONTENTS; TOCOCHROMANOLS; TRANSGENIC LINES;

CAROTENOIDS;

EID: 84894227597     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7795-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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