Characterization of a stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase gene family from chocolate tree, theobroma cacao L

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Zhang, Yufan ^a,b   Maximova, Siela N ^a,b   Guiltinan, Mark J ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocoa butter; Fatty acid composition; Oleic acid; ssi2; Stearoyl ACP desaturase; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84928110099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00239     Document Type: Article

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