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From wrinkled seeds to plant oil accumulation networks: the legacy of a Plant Physiology classic.
Plant physiology - 4 Aug 2026
Kong Que, Pattanaik Sitakanta, Kong Fantao, Guo Liang, Yuan Ling, Ma Wei
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Plant seeds accumulate triacylglycerol (TAG) as a major storage reserve that supports postgermination growth and seedling establishment. Vegetable oils are also essential for human nutrition and provide renewable feedstocks for industrial and biotechnological applications. In 1998, Focks and Benning published a landmark study in Plant Physiology describing the Arabidopsis WRINKLED1 mutants (wri1), which display a...
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