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Compartmentation of Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Plants by Chapman, Kent D., Ohlrogge, John B.

“…Triacylglycerols from plants, familiar to most people as vegetable oils, supply 25% of dietary calories to the developed world and are increasingly a source…”
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A Land-Plant-Specific Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase Family in Arabidopsis: Substrate Specificity, sn-2 Preference, and Evolution by Yang, Weili, Simpson, Jeffrey P., Li-Beisson, Yonghua, Beisson, Fred, Pollard, Mike, Ohlrogge, John B.

“…Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) has eight glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) genes that are members of a plantspecific family with three distinct…”
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Comparative deep transcriptional profiling of four developing oilseeds by Troncoso‐Ponce, Manuel A., Kilaru, Aruna, Cao, Xia, Durrett, Timothy P., Fan, Jilian, Jensen, Jacob K., Thrower, Nick A., Pauly, Markus, Wilkerson, Curtis, Ohlrogge, John B.

“…Summary Transcriptome analysis based on deep expressed sequence tag (EST) sequencing allows quantitative comparisons of gene expression across multiple…”
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Comparative transcriptome and metabolite analysis of oil palm and date palm mesocarp that differ dramatically in carbon partitioning by Bourgis, Fabienne, Kilaru, Aruna, Cao, Xia, Ngando-Ebongue, Georges-Frank, Drira, Noureddine, Ohlrogge, John B, Arondel, Vincent

“…Oil palm can accumulate up to 90% oil in its mesocarp, the highest level observed in the plant kingdom. In contrast, the closely related date palm accumulates…”
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role of light in soybean seed filling metabolism by Allen, Doug K, Ohlrogge, John B, Shachar-Hill, Yair

“…Soybean (Glycine max) yields high levels of both protein and oil, making it one of the most versatile and important crops in the world. Light has been…”
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Identification of an Arabidopsis Feruloyl-Coenzyme A Transferase Required for Suberin Synthesis by Molina, Isabel, Li-Beisson, Yonghua, Beisson, Fred, Ohlrogge, John B, Pollard, Mike

“…All plants produce suberin, a lipophilic barrier of the cell wall that controls water and solute fluxes and restricts pathogen infection. It is often described…”
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Wrinkled1, a ubiquitous regulator in oil accumulating tissues from Arabidopsis embryos to oil palm mesocarp by Ma, Wei, Kong, Que, Arondel, Vincent, Kilaru, Aruna, Bates, Philip D, Thrower, Nicholas A, Benning, Christoph, Ohlrogge, John B

“…Wrinkled1 (AtWRI1) is a key transcription factor in the regulation of plant oil synthesis in seed and non-seed tissues. The structural features of WRI1…”
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Lipid turnover during senescence by Troncoso-Ponce, Manuel A, Cao, Xia, Yang, Zhenle, Ohlrogge, John B

“…► We review senescence-related lipid metabolism and associated gene expression. ► We suggest experiments to advance understanding of lipid turnover in…”
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A Novel Pathway for Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis Is Responsible for the Accumulation of Massive Quantities of Glycerolipids in the Surface Wax of Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) Fruit by Simpson, Jeffrey P., Ohlrogge, John B.

“…Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) fruits synthesize an extremely thick and unusual layer of crystalline surface wax that accumulates to 32% of fruit dry weight,…”
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Fatty acid synthesis is inhibited by inefficient utilization of unusual fatty acids for glycerolipid assembly by Bates, Philip D., Johnson, Sean R., Cao, Xia, Li, Jia, Nam, Jeong-Won, Jaworski, Jan G., Ohlrogge, John B., Browse, John

“…Degradation of unusual fatty acids through β-oxidation within transgenic plants has long been hypothesized as a major factor limiting the production of…”
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Identification of a New Class of Lipid Droplet-Associated Proteins in Plants by Horn, Patrick J., James, Christopher N., Gidda, Satinder K., Kilaru, Aruna, Dyer, John M., Mullen, Robert T., Ohlrogge, John B., Chapman, Kent D.

“…Lipid droplets in plants (also known as oil bodies, lipid bodies, or oleosomes) are well characterized in seeds, and oleosins, the major proteins associated…”
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Acyltransferase GPAT5 Is Required for the Synthesis of Suberin in Seed Coat and Root of Arabidopsis by Beisson, Fred, Li, Yonghua, Bonaventure, Gustavo, Pollard, Mike, Ohlrogge, John B

“…Suberin and cutin are fatty acid- and glycerol-based plant polymers that act as pathogen barriers and function in the control of water and solute transport…”
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Incorporation of Newly Synthesized Fatty Acids into Cytosolic Glycerolipids in Pea Leaves Occurs via Acyl Editing by Bates, Philip D., Ohlrogge, John B., Pollard, Mike

“…In expanding pea leaves, over 95% of fatty acids (FA) synthesized in the plastid are exported for assembly of eukaryotic glycerolipids. It is often assumed…”
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Analysis of Acyl Fluxes through Multiple Pathways of Triacylglycerol Synthesis in Developing Soybean Embryos by Bates, Philip D, Durrett, Timothy P, Ohlrogge, John B, Pollard, Mike

“…The reactions leading to triacylglycerol (TAG) synthesis in oilseeds have been well characterized. However, quantitative analyses of acyl group and glycerol…”
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Mitochondrial Metabolism in Developing Embryos of Brassica napus by Schwender, Jörg, Shachar-Hill, Yair, Ohlrogge, John B.

“…The metabolism of developing plant seeds is directed toward transforming primary assimilatory products (sugars and amino acids) into seed storage compounds. To…”
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Rubisco without the Calvin cycle improves the carbon efficiency of developing green seeds by Schwender, J, Goffman, F, Ohlrogge, J.B, Shachar-Hill, Y

“…Efficient storage of carbon in seeds is crucial to plant fitness and to agricultural productivity. Oil is a major reserve material in most seeds, and these…”
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Deposition and localization of lipid polyester in developing seeds of Brassica napus and Arabidopsis thaliana by Molina, Isabel, Ohlrogge, John B, Pollard, Mike

“…Mature seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica napus contain complex mixtures of aliphatic monomers derived from non-extractable lipid polyesters. Most of…”
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Oil biosynthesis in a basal angiosperm: transcriptome analysis of Persea Americana mesocarp by Kilaru, Aruna, Cao, Xia, Dabbs, Parker B, Sung, Ha-Jung, Rahman, Md Mahbubur, Thrower, Nicholas, Zynda, Greg, Podicheti, Ram, Ibarra-Laclette, Enrique, Herrera-Estrella, Luis, Mockaitis, Keithanne, Ohlrogge, John B

“…The mechanism by which plants synthesize and store high amounts of triacylglycerols (TAG) in tissues other than seeds is not well understood. The comprehension…”
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Rapid Kinetic Labeling of Arabidopsis Cell Suspension Cultures: Implications for Models of Lipid Export from Plastids by Tjellstrom, Henrik, Yang, Zhenle, Allen, Doug K, Ohlrogge, John B

“…Cell cultures allow rapid kinetic labeling experiments that can provide information on precursor-product relationships and intermediate pools. T-87 suspension…”
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Carbon conversion efficiency and central metabolic fluxes in developing sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) embryos by Alonso, Ana P, Goffman, Fernando D, Ohlrogge, John B, Shachar-Hill, Yair

“…The efficiency with which developing sunflower embryos convert substrates into seed storage reserves was determined by labeling embryos with [U-¹⁴C₆]glucose or…”
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