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Characterization of an acyl-CoA synthetase from Arabidopsis thaliana.
Biochemical Society transactions - 1 Dec 2000
Schnurr J A, Shockey J, Browse J
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One of the major goals of modern plant biotechnology is to manipulate lipid metabolism in oilseed crops to produce new and improved edible and industrial vegetable oils. Lipids constitute the structural components of cellular membranes and act as sources of energy for the germinating seed and are therefore essential to plant cell function. Both de novo synthesis and modification of existing lipids are dependent...
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