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Differential transcriptional activity of SAD, FAD2 and FAD3 desaturase genes in developing seeds of linseed contributes to varietal variation in α-linolenic acid content.
Phytochemistry - 1 Feb 2014
Rajwade Ashwini V, Kadoo Narendra Y, Borikar Sanjay P, Harsulkar Abhay M, Ghorpade Prakash B, Gupta Vidya S
Abstract excerpt
Linseed or flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) varieties differ markedly in their seed α-linolenic acid (ALA) levels. Fatty acid desaturases play a key role in accumulating ALA in seed. We performed fatty acid (FA) profiling of various seed developmental stages of ten Indian linseed varieties including one mutant variety. Depending on their ALA contents, these varieties were grouped under high ALA and low ALA groups....
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