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Arabidopsis glabra2 mutant seeds deficient in mucilage biosynthesis produce more oil by Shi, Lin, Katavic, Vesna, Yu, Yuanyuan, Kunst, Ljerka, Haughn, George

“…Summary Seed oil, one of the major seed storage compounds in plants, is of great economic importance for human consumption, as an industrial raw material and…”
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Increase in nervonic acid content in transformed yeast and transgenic plants by introduction of a Lunaria annua L. 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase (KCS) gene by Guo, Yiming, Mietkiewska, Elzbieta, Francis, Tammy, Katavic, Vesna, Brost, Jennifer M, Giblin, Michael, Barton, Dennis L, Taylor, David C

“…Nervonic acid is a Very Long-Chain Monounsaturated Fatty Acid (VLCMFA), 24:1 Δ15 (cis-tetracos-15-enoic acid) found in the seed oils of Lunaria annua, borage,…”
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Molecular cloning and characterization of a KCS gene from Cardamine graeca and its heterologous expression in Brassica oilseeds to engineer high nervonic acid oils for potential medical and industrial use by Taylor, David C, Francis, Tammy, Guo, Yiming, Brost, Jennifer M, Katavic, Vesna, Mietkiewska, Elzbieta, Michael Giblin, E, Lozinsky, Sharla, Hoffman, Travis

“…Nervonic acid 24:1 Delta15 (cis-tetracos-15-enoic acid) is a very long-chain monounsaturated fatty acid and exists in nature as an elongation product of oleic…”
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Seed-Specific Heterologous Expression of a Nasturtium FAE Gene in Arabidopsis Results in a Dramatic Increase in the Proportion of Erucic Acid by Elzbieta Mietkiewska, Giblin, E. Michael, Song Wang, Dennis L. Barton, Joan Dirpaul, Jennifer M. Brost, Vesna Katavic, Taylor, David C.

“…The fatty acid elongase [often designated FAE or β-(or 3-) ketoacyl-CoA synthase] is a condensing enzyme and is the first component of the elongation complex…”
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Alteration of Seed Fatty Acid Composition by an Ethyl Methanesulfonate-Induced Mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana Affecting Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase Activity by Vesna Katavic, Darwin W. Reed, Taylor, David C., Giblin, E. Michael, Dennis L. Barton, Zou, Jitao, Samuel L. Mac Kenzie, Patrick S. Covello, Kunst, Ljerka

“…In characterizing the enzymes involved in the formation of very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) in the Brassicaceae, we have generated a series of mutants of…”
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Restoring enzyme activity in nonfunctional low erucic acid Brassica napus fatty acid elongase 1 by a single amino acid substitution by Katavic, Vesna, Mietkiewska, Elzbieta, Barton, Dennis L., Giblin, E. Michael, Reed, Darwin W., Taylor, David C.

“…Genomic fatty acid elongation 1 (FAE1) clones from high erucic acid (HEA) Brassica napus, Brassica rapa and Brassica oleracea, and low erucic acid (LEA) B…”
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Insertional mutant analysis reveals that long‐chain acyl‐CoA synthetase 1 (LACS1), but not LACS8, functionally overlaps with LACS9 in Arabidopsis seed oil biosynthesis by Zhao, Lifang, Katavic, Vesna, Li, Fengling, Haughn, George W., Kunst, Ljerka

“…Summary Triacylglycerols (TAGs) are major storage materials that accumulate in developing seeds and serve as carbon and energy reserves for germination and…”
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Protein and lipid composition analysis of oil bodies from two Brassica napus cultivars by Katavic, Vesna, Agrawal, Ganesh Kumar, Hajduch, Martin, Harris, Stefan L., Thelen, Jay J.

“…Oil bodies were purified from mature seed of two Brassica napus crop cultivars, Reston and Westar. Purified oil body proteins were subjected to both 2‐DE…”
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Brassica carinata - a new molecular farming platform for delivering bio-industrial oil feedstocks: case studies of genetic modifications to improve very long-chain fatty acid and oil content in seeds by Taylor, David C., Falk, Kevin C., Palmer, C. Don, Hammerlindl, Joe, Babic, Vivijan, Mietkiewska, Elzbieta, Jadhav, Ashok, Marillia, Elizabeth-France, Francis, Tammy, Hoffman, Travis, Giblin, E. Michael, Katavic, Vesna, Keller, Wilfred A.

“…Crop development and species diversity are important aspects of the emerging global bioeconomy, as is maximizing crop value through total crop utilization. We…”
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Investigation of the contribution of oil biosynthetic enzymes to seed oil content in Brassica napus and Arabidopsis thaliana by Katavic, Vesna, Shi, Lin, Yu, Yuanyuan, Zhao, Lifang, Haughn, George W., Kunst, Ljerka

“…Katavic, V., Shi, L., Yu, Y., Zhao, L., Haughn, G. W. and Kunst, L. 2014. Investigation of the contribution of oil biosynthetic enzymes to seed oil content in…”
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Insertional mutant analysis reveals that long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 1 (LACS1), but not LACS8, functionally overlaps with LACS9 in Arabidopsis seed oil biosynthesis: Overlapping functions of LACS1 and LACS9 in TAG biosynthesis by Zhao, Lifang, Katavic, Vesna, Li, Fengling, Haughn, George W., Kunst, Ljerka

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Purification and proteomic characterization of plastids from Brassica napus developing embryos by Jain, Renuka, Katavic, Vesna, Agrawal, Ganesh Kumar, Guzov, Victor M, Thelen, Jay J

“…Plastids are functionally and structurally diverse organelles responsible for numerous biosynthetic reactions within the plant cell. Plastids from embryos have…”
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Investigation of the contribution of oil biosynthetic enzymes to seed oil content in Brassica napus and Arabidopsis thaliana by Katavic, Vesna, Shi, Lin, Yu, Yuanyuan, Zhao, Lifang, Haughn, George W, Kunst, Ljerka

“…Katavic, V., Shi, L., Yu, Y., Zhao, L., Haughn, G. W. and Kunst, L. 2014. Investigation of the contribution of oil biosynthetic enzymes to seed oil content in…”
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Modification of seed oil content and acyl composition in the Brassicaceae by expression of a yeast sn-2 acyltransferase gene by Zou, J. (National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.), Katavic, V, Giblin, E.M, Barton, D.L, MacKenzie, S.L, Keller, W.A, Hu, X, Taylor, D.C

“…A putative yeast sn-2 acyltransferase gene (SLC1-1), reportedly a variant acyltransferase that suppresses a genetic defect in sphingolipid long-chain base…”
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Increased levels of erucic acid in Brassica carinata by co-suppression and antisense repression of the endogenous FAD2 gene by Jadhav, Ashok, Katavic, Vesna, Marillia, Elizabeth-France, Michael Giblin, E., Barton, Dennis L., Kumar, Arvind, Sonntag, Cory, Babic, Vivijan, Keller, Wilfred A., Taylor, David C.

“…Erucic acid and its derivatives represent important industrial feedstock compounds, and there is an increasing demand for the production of high erucate oils…”
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Protein and lipid composition analysis of oil bodies from twoBrassica napus cultivars by Katavic, Vesna, Agrawal, Ganesh Kumar, Hajduch, Martin, Harris, Stefan L., Thelen, Jay J.

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Field testing of transgenic rapeseed cv. Hero transformed with a yeast sn-2 acyltransferase results in increased oil content, erucic acid content and seed yield by Taylor, David C, Katavic, Vesna, Zou, Jitao, MacKenzie, Samuel L, Keller, Wilfred A, An, Jing, Friesen, Winnie, Barton, Dennis L, Pedersen, Kalie K, Giblin, E Michael, Ge, Yan, Dauk, Melanie, Sonntag, Cory, Luciw, Tammy, Males, Daryl

“…A major goal of our research is to produce, by genetic manipulation, Brassica napus L. cultivars with higher levels of 22:1 in their seed oil than in present…”
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Gaining insight into the role of serine 282 in B. napus FAE1 condensing enzyme by Katavic, Vesna, Barton, Dennis L., Giblin, E.Michael, Reed, Darwin W., Kumar, Arvind, Taylor, David C.

“…To gain some insight whether there is an absolute requirement for the serine 282 to yield a functional fatty acid elongase 1 condensing enzyme we have…”
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Seed-Specific Heterologous Expression of a Nasturtium FAE Gene in Arabidopsis Results in a Dramatic Increase in the Proportion of Erucic Acid1 by Mietkiewska, Elzbieta, Giblin, E Michael, Wang, Song, Barton, Dennis L

“…The fatty acid elongase [often designated FAE or beta-(or 3-) ketoacyl-CoA synthase] is a condensing enzyme and is the first component of the elongation…”
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Effects of antisense repression of an Arabidopsis thaliana pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase cDNA on plant development by Zou, J, Qi, Q, Katavic, V, Marillia, E F, Taylor, D C

“…Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDHK), a negative regulator of the mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex (mtPDC), plays a pivotal role in…”
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