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- Title
Trienoic fatty acids and plant tolerance of high temperature.
- Authors
Murakami, Y; Tsuyama, M; Kobayashi, Y; Kodama, H; Iba, K
- Abstract
The chloroplast membrane of higher plants contains an unusually high concentration of trienoic fatty acids. Plants grown in colder temperatures have a higher content of trienoic fatty acids. Transgenic tobacco plants in which the gene encoding chloroplast omega-3 fatty acid desaturase, which synthesizes trienoic fatty acids, was silenced contained a lower level of trienoic fatty acids than wild-type plants and were better able to acclimate to higher temperatures.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2000, Vol 287, Issue 5452, p476
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.287.5452.476