Article: Accumulation of very-long-chain fatty acids in membrane glycerolipids is associated with dramatic alterations in plant morphology

Article: Unusual Fatty Acids in the Fat Body of the ...
Lipids;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Unusual fatty acids with 24, 26, and 28 carbon atoms ... Bambus pratorum * Fat body lipids * Fatty acids * Marking pheromone biosynthesis ... diacylglycerols and transported to tissues. Fatty acids (FAs) are known to be essential ...

Article: Impact of Unusual Fatty Acid Synthesis on Futile ...
Plant Physiology;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... degradation of the corresponding unusual fatty acids, indicating a limitation ... acids are often referred as "unusual" fatty acids because their structure is ... in membranes. Synthesis of unusual fatty acids has attracted considerable ...

Article: Trans Fatty Acids in Human Milk in Canada Declined ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... milk (16,17). The fatty acids in human milk are of ... human milk provides the fatty acids needed for growth and ... respectively, metabolism to unusual fatty acid isomers that are ... milk of about 7% total fatty acids, but levels as high ...

Article: Microbial Conversion of Vegetable Oil to Rare Unsaturated ...
JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society;  December 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... for producing rare unsaturated fatty acids and rare unsaturated fatty alcohols ... hydrophila Introduction Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are known to have various ... conjugated linoleic acids [8, 9] and unusual fatty acids [10]. These studies indicate ...

Article: Transgenic production of epoxy fatty acids by ...
Plant Physiology;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... structurally distinct from other plant fatty acids by the presence of an epoxy group ... sup 13^ carbon atoms. This unusual fatty acid is enriched in the seed oils ... to 90% (w/w) of the total fatty acids. Vegetable oils that contain ...

Article: Making vegetable plants to produce useful fatty ...
Chemical Engineering;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... plant Arabidopsis to produce 30 wt.% of vernolic acid, an unusual fatty acid (UFA), in its seed oil. The project's leader ... industrial purposes. By introducing structural changes in those fatty acids, such as the addition of branches in their chains, or of ...

Article: Cloning and Characterization of Unusual Fatty Acid ...
Plant Physiology;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... only on C^sub 20^ polyunsaturated fatty acids in a manner analogous to "front ... of Δ^sup 5^-unsaturated fatty acids as acyl-CoAs compared to the accumulation of these fatty acids in total lipids. Positional analysis ...