Elongation of long-chain fatty acids.

AE Leonard, SL Pereira, H Sprecher, YS Huang - 2004 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Fatty acids are critical for the normal development and function of all organisms, and in
particular, very long chain PUFAs are necessary for the health and maintenance of higher …

A review of erucic acid production in Brassicaceae oilseeds: Progress and prospects for the genetic engineering of high and low-erucic acid rapeseeds (Brassica …

P Wang, X Xiong, X Zhang, G Wu, F Liu - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Erucic acid (C22: 1, ω-9, EA) is a very-long-chain monounsaturated fatty acid (FA) that is an
important oleochemical product with a wide range of uses in metallurgy, machinery, rubber …

Molecular markers in Brassica oilseed breeding: current status and future possibilities

RJ Snowdon, W Friedt - Plant Breeding, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
As PCR techniques have developed over the last 15 years, a wealth of new DNA marker
technologies have arisen which have enabled the generation of high‐density molecular …

A review of nervonic acid production in plants: prospects for the genetic engineering of high nervonic acid cultivars plants

F Liu, P Wang, X Xiong, X Zeng, X Zhang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Nervonic acid (NA) is a very-long-chain monounsaturated fatty acid that plays crucial roles in
brain development and has attracted widespread research interest. The markets …

2 Brassica and its close allies: cytogenetics and evolution

S Prakash, SR Bhat, CF Quiros, PB Kirti… - Plant breeding …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
2 Brassica and its close allies: cytogenetics and evolution Page 31 2 Brassica and Its Close
Allies: Cytogenetics and Evolution Shyam Prakash National Research Centre on Plant …

Brassica carinata – a new molecular farming platform for delivering bio‐industrial oil feedstocks: case studies of genetic modifications to improve very long‐chain fatty …

DC Taylor, KC Falk, CD Palmer… - Biofuels, Bioproducts …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Crop development and species diversity are important aspects of the emerging global
bioeconomy, as is maximizing crop value through total crop utilization. We advocate …

Substrate specificity of Arabidopsis 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthases

BJ Blacklock, JG Jaworski - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2006 - Elsevier
The very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA) incorporated into plant lipids are derived from the
iterative addition of C2 units provided by malonyl-CoA to an acyl-CoA by the 3-ketoacyl-CoA …

Oilseed rape

R Snowdon, W Lühs, W Friedt - Oilseeds, 2007 - Springer
Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.; genome AACC, 2n= 38) is today the most widely cultivated
crop species in the crucifer family (Brassicaceae). The species is now divided into two …

Palliser's promise: Brassica carinata, an emerging western Canadian crop for delivery of new bio-industrial oil feedstocks

EF Marillia, T Francis, KC Falk, M Smith… - Biocatalysis and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The global demand for vegetable-based oils continues to rise, while the availability of highly
productive arable farm land is becoming progressively limited. To meet the requirements of …

Identification of QTL for oil content, seed yield, and flowering time in oilseed rape (Brassica napus)

G Chen, J Geng, M Rahman, X Liu, J Tu, T Fu, G Li… - Euphytica, 2010 - Springer
A genetic map was constructed with 353 sequence-related amplified polymorphism and 34
simple sequence repeat markers in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.). The map consists of …