Metabolic engineering plant seeds with fish oil-like levels of DHA.

Metabolic engineering plant seeds with fish oil-like levels of DHA.

BACKGROUND: Omega-3 long-chain (≥C(20)) polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3 LC-PUFA) have critical roles in human health and development with studies indicating that deficiencies in these fatty acids can increase the risk or severity of cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases in particular. These fatty...

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Main Authors: James R Petrie, Pushkar Shrestha, Xue-Rong Zhou, Maged P Mansour, Qing Liu, Srinivas Belide, Peter D Nichols, Surinder P Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3492320?pdf=render

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