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Lipids and Environment
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About this book
The different topics covered show that modern tools of plant cellular and molecular biology, as well as molecular genetics, have been recently used to characterize several key enzymes of plant lipid metabolism (in particular, desaturases, thioesterases, fatty acid synthetase) and to isolate corresponding cDNAs and genomic clones, allowing the use of genetic engineering methods to modify the composition of membranes or storage lipids. These findings open fascinating perspectives, both for establishing the roles of lipids in membrane function and intracellular signalling and for adapting the composition of seed oil to the industrial needs.
This book will be a good reference source for research scientists, advanced students and industrialists wishing to follow the considerable progress made in recent years on plant lipid metabolism and to envision the new opportunities offered by genetic engineering for the development of novel oil seeds.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plant Lipid Metabolism
Editors: Jean-Claude Kader, Paul Mazliak
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8394-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1995
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3250-3Published: 31 January 1995
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4498-3Published: 15 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8394-7Published: 18 April 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 588
Topics: Biochemistry, general, Plant Physiology