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LEAFY COTYLEDON1 is a key regulator of fatty acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis.
Plant physiology - 1 Oct 2008
Mu Jinye, Tan Helin, Zheng Qi, Fu Fuyou, Liang Yan, Zhang Jian, Yang Xiaohui, Wang Tai, Chong Kang, Wang Xiu-Jie, Zuo Jianru
Abstract excerpt
In plants, fatty acids are de novo synthesized predominantly in plastids from acetyl-coenzyme A. Although fatty acid biosynthesis has been biochemically well studied, little is known about the regulatory mechanisms of the pathway. Here, we show that overexpression of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1) gene causes globally increased expression of fatty acid biosynthetic genes, which are...
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