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Arabidopsis glabra2 mutant seeds deficient in mucilage biosynthesis produce more oil.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jan 2012
Shi Lin, Katavic Vesna, Yu Yuanyuan, Kunst Ljerka, Haughn George
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Seed oil, one of the major seed storage compounds in plants, is of great economic importance for human consumption, as an industrial raw material and as a source of biofuels. Thus, improving the seed oil yield in crops is an important objective. The GLABRA2 (GL2) gene in Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a transcription factor that is required for the proper differentiation of several epidermal cell types. GL2 has...
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