Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase regulates triacylglycerol accumulation in the model diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1681-1697

  Ge, Feng ^a   Huang, Weichao ^a   Chen, Zhuo ^a   Zhang, Chunye ^a   Xiong, Qian ^a   Bowler, Chris ^b   Yang, Juan ^a   Xu, Jin ^a   Hu, Hanhua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

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EID: 84901421994     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.124982     Document Type: Article

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