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The biochemical characterization of a high-stearic acid sunflower mutant reveals the coordinated regulation of stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturases.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB - 1 Feb 2008
Salas Joaquín J, Youssar Loubna, Martínez-Force Enrique, Garcés Rafael
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we have biochemically characterized the high-stearic sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) mutant CAS-14. This mutant displays an abnormal fatty acid composition along the length of the seed when grown at high temperatures. Thus, at the expense of oleate and linoleate, CAS-14 seeds present an increasing axial gradient of stearic acid from the embryo to the distal extreme of the seed. The accumulation of...
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