A large and functionally diverse family of <it>Fad2</it> genes in safflower (<it>Carthamus tinctorius</it> L.)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The application and nutritional value of vegetable oil is highly dependent on its fatty acid composition, especially the relative proportion of its two major fatty acids, i.e oleic acid and linoleic acid. Microsomal oleoyl phosphatid...

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Main Authors: Cao Shijiang, Zhou Xue-Rong, Wood Craig C, Green Allan G, Singh Surinder P, Liu Lixia, Liu Qing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2013-01-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/13/5