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转基因油植物中的脂肪酸生物合成被重定向到中链

T A Voelker1, A C Worrell, L Anderson

  • 1Calgene, Inc., Davis, CA 95616.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 3, 1992
PubMed
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这项研究揭示了植物如何使用特定的酶合成中链脂肪酸 (MCFA). 在Arabidopsis thaliana种子中表达这种酶导致劳拉酸的产量增加,证明了MCFA的新植物合成途径.

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