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Metabolic redesign of vitamin E biosynthesis in plants for tocotrienol production and increased antioxidant content by Cahoon, Edgar B, Hall, Sarah E, Ripp, Kevin G, Ganzke, Thaya S, Hitz, William D, Coughlan, Sean J

“…Tocotrienols are the primary form of vitamin E in seeds of most monocot plants, including cereals such as rice and wheat. As potent antioxidants, tocotrienols…”
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Manipulating desaturase activities in transgenic crop plants by Kinney, A J, Cahoon, E B, Hitz, W D

“…The properties of edible vegetable oils are determined to a large extent by the relative content of the triacylglycerol fatty acids. The degree of saturation…”
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Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) transcript induced by water deficit and ripening by Iusem, N.D, Bartholomew, D.M, Hitz, W.D, Scolnik, P.A

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Cloning of Higher Plant ω-3 Fatty Acid Desaturases by Yadav, Narendra S., Wierzbicki, Anna, Mary Aegerter, Cheryl S. Caster, Pérez-Grau, Luís, Kinney, Anthony J., Hitz, William D., J. Russell Booth Jr, Bruce Schweiger, Kevin L. Stecca, Stephen M. Allen, Marita Blackwell, Reiter, Robert S., Carlson, Thomas J., Russell, Sandra H., Feldmann, Kenneth A., Pierce, John, Browse, John

“…Arabidopsis thaliana T-DNA transformants were screened for mutations affecting seed fatty acid composition. A mutant line was found with reduced levels of…”
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Crop productivity and photoassimilate partitioning by Gifford, Roger M., Thorne, J. H., Hitz, W. D., Giaquinta, Robert T.

“…The photosynthetic basis for increasing the yield of major field crops is examined in terms of improving the interception of seasonal solar radiation by crop…”
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Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of a Mutation That Confers a Decreased Raffinosaccharide and Phytic Acid Phenotype on Soybean Seeds by Hitz, William D., Carlson, Thomas J., Phil S. Kerr, Scott A. Sebastian

“…A single, recessive mutation in soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.), which confers a seed phenotype of increased inorganic phosphate, decreased phytic acid, and a…”
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Cloning of a Higher-Plant Plastid ω-6 Fatty Acid Desaturase cDNA and Its Expression in a Cyanobacterium by Hitz, William D., Carlson, Thomas J., J. Russell Booth, Jr, Kinney, Anthony J., Kevin L. Stecca, Yadav, Narendra S.

“…Oligomers based on amino acids conserved between known plant ω-3 and cyanobacterium ω-6 fatty acid desaturases were used to screen an Arabidopsis cDNA library…”
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A 62-kD sucrose binding protein is expressed and localized in tissues actively engaged in sucrose transport by Grimes, H.D. (Washington State University, Pullman, WA), Overvoorde, P.J, Ripp, K, Franceschi, V.R, Hitz, W.D

“…Sucrose transport from the apoplasm, across the plasma membrane, and into the symplast is critical for growth and development in most plant species. Phloem…”
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Substrate recognition by a sucrose transporting protein by Hitz, W D, Card, P J, Ripp, K G

“…Protoplasts derived from developing soybean cotyledons were used to study substrate recognition by a sucrose transporting protein in plant membranes. When used…”
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Cloning of a Higher-Plant Plastid [omega]-6 Fatty Acid Desaturase cDNA and Its Expression in a Cyanobacterium by Hitz, W. D., Carlson, T. J., Booth Jr, J. R., Kinney, A. J., Stecca, K. L., Yadav, N. S.

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Localization of a protein, immunologically similar to a sucrose-binding protein from developing soybean cotyledons, on the plasma membrane of sieve-tube members of spinach leaves by Warmbrodt, Robert D., Buckhout, Thomas J., Hitz, William D.

“…Immunocytochemical studies using antibodies raised against a 62-kDa membrane protein isolated from developing soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) cotyledons were…”
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Contributions of sucrose synthase and invertase to the metabolism of sucrose in developing leaves: estimation by alternate substrate utilization by Schmalstig, J.G, Hitz, W.D

“…The relative contributions of invertase and sucrose synthase to initial cleavage of phloem-imported sucrose was calculated for sink leaves of soybean (Glycine…”
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Cloning of Higher Plant [omega]-3 Fatty Acid Desaturases by Yadav, N. S., Wierzbicki, A., Aegerter, M., Caster, C. S., Perez-Grau, L., Kinney, A. J., Hitz, W. D., Booth Jr, J. R., Schweiger, B., Stecca, K. L., Allen, S. M., Blackwell, M., Reiter, R. S., Carlson, T. J., Russell, S. H., Feldmann, K. A., Pierce, J., Browse, J.

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Transport and metabolism of a sucrose analog (1'-fluorosucrose) into Zea mays L. endosperm without invertase hydrolysis by Schmalstig, J.G, Hitz, W.D

“…1′-Fluorosucrose (FS), a sucrose analog resistant to hydrolysis by invertase, was transported from husk leaves into maize (Zea mays L., Pioneer Hybrid 3320)…”
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Sugar transport in isolated corn root protoplasts by LIN, Y, SCHMITT, M. R, HITZ, W. D, GIAQUINTA, R. T

“…Isolated corn (Zea mays L.) root protoplasts were used to study sucrose and hexose uptake. It is found that glucose was preferentially taken up by the…”
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Transport and Metabolism of 1′-Fluorosucrose, a Sucrose Analog Not Subject to Invertase Hydrolysis by Hitz, William D., Mark R. Schmitt, Peter J. Card, Giaquinta, Robert T.

“…The novel sucrose derivative 1′-fluorosucrose (α-D-glucopyranosyl-β-D-1-deoxy-1-fluorofructofuranoside) was synthesized in order to help define mechanisms of…”
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Cell specific expression of three genes involved in plasma membrane sucrose transport in developing Vicia faba seed by Harrington, G.N, Franceschi, V.R, Offler, C.E, Patrick, J.W, Tegeder, M, Frommer, W.B, Harper, J.F, Hitz, W.D

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Experimental Determination of the Respiration Associated with Soybean/Rhizobium Nitrogenase Function, Nodule Maintenance, and Total Nodule Nitrogen Fixation by Ross M. Rainbird, Hitz, William D., Ralph W. F. Hardy

“…The total metabolic cost of soybean (Glycine max L. Mer Clark) nodule nitrogen fixation was empirically separated into respiration associated with electron…”
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Substrate Specificity of the H⁺-Sucrose Symporter on the Plasma Membrane of Sugar Beets (Beta vulgaris L.): Transport of Phenylglucopyranosides by Roland Hecht, Slone, J. Henry, Buckhout, Thomas J., Hitz, William D., William J. Van Der Woude

“…Previous results (TJ Buckhout, Planta [1989] 178: 393-399) indicated that the structural specificity of the H+-sucrose symporter on the plasma membrane from…”
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Identification of a membrane protein associated with sucrose transport into cells of developing soybean cotyledons by Ripp, K.G, Viitanen, P.V, Hitz, W.D, Franceschi, V.R

“…The photolyzable sucrose derivative 6′-deoxy-6′-(4-azido-2-hydroxy)-benzamidosucrose (6′-HABS), competitively inhibited the influx of [14C] sucrose into…”
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