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What limits production of unusual monoenoic fatty acids in transgenic plants?
Planta - 1 Aug 2002
Suh Mi Chung, Schultz David J, Ohlrogge John B
Abstract excerpt
Unusual monounsaturated fatty acids are major constituents (greater than 80%) in seeds of Coriandrum sativum L. (coriander) and Thunbergia alata Bojer, as well as in glandular trichomes (greater than 80% derived products) of Pelargonium x hortorum (geranium). These diverged fatty acid structures are produced via distinct plastidial acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) desaturases. When expressed in Arabidopsis...
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