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A mutant of the Arabidopsis thaliana TOC159 gene accumulates reduced levels of linolenic acid and monogalactosyldiacylglycerol.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB - 1 Dec 2013
Afitlhile Meshack, Workman Samantha, Duffield Kayla, Sprout Danielle, Berhow Mark
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have shown that a mutant of Arabidopsis that lacks the Toc159 receptor is impaired in chloroplast biogenesis. The mutant is referred as plastid protein import 2 or ppi2 and has an albino phenotype due to its inability to import the photosynthetic proteins. In this study, we measured fatty acid composition and transcript levels of plastid-localized fatty acid desaturases in the wild type and ppi2...
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