The FAD2 Gene in Plants: Occurrence, Regulation, and Role

Vegetable oils rich in oleic acid are more desirable than oils rich in polyunsaturated and saturated fatty acids. The biological switch of oleic acid to linoleic acid is facilitated by fatty acid desaturase 2 enzyme that is further classified into FAD2-1, FAD2-2, FAD2-3, and FAD2-4. The genes coding...

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Main Authors: Aejaz A. Dar, Abhikshit R. Choudhury, Pavan K. Kancharla, Neelakantan Arumugam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01789/full