Strong co-suppression impedes an increase in polyunsaturated fatty acids in seeds overexpressing FAD2

Du, C; Chen, YY; Wang, K; Yang, Z; Zhao, CZ; Jia, QL; Taylor, DC; Zhang, M

Zhang, M (reprint author), Northwest A&F Univ, Coll Agron, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China.

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 2019; 70 (3): 985

Abstract

Fatty acid desaturase2 (FAD2) catalyses the conversion of oleic acid to linoleic acid and is the main determinant of the levels of essential poly-unsa......

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