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Comparison of TaqMan and SYBR Green qPCR Methods for Quantitative Gene Expression in Tung Tree Tissues by Cao, Heping, Shockey, Jay M

“…Quantitative real-time-PCR (qPCR) is widely used for gene expression analysis due to its large dynamic range, tremendous sensitivity, high sequence…”
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Oil-Producing Metabolons Containing DGAT1 Use Separate Substrate Pools from those Containing DGAT2 or PDAT by Regmi, Anushobha, Shockey, Jay, Kotapati, Hari Kiran, Bates, Philip D

“…Seed triacylglycerol (TAG) biosynthesis involves a metabolic network containing multiple different diacylglycerol (DAG) and acyl donor substrate pools. This…”
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Identification of Arabidopsis GPAT9 (At5g60620) as an Essential Gene Involved in Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis by Shockey, Jay, Regmi, Anushobha, Cotton, Kimberly, Adhikari, Neil, Browse, John, Bates, Philip D.

“…The first step in the biosynthesis of nearly all plant membrane phospholipids and storage triacylglycerols is catalyzed by a glycerol-3-phosphate…”
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Genome‐level and biochemical diversity of the acyl‐activating enzyme superfamily in plants by Shockey, Jay, Browse, John

“…Summary In higher plants, the superfamily of carboxyl‐CoA ligases and related proteins, collectively called acyl activating enzymes (AAEs), has evolved to…”
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Organ fusion and defective cuticle function in a lacs1 lacs2 double mutant of Arabidopsis by Weng, Hua, Molina, Isabel, Shockey, Jay, Browse, John

“…As the outermost layer on aerial tissues of the primary plant body, the cuticle plays important roles in plant development and physiology. The major components…”
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Editorial: Plant microbiome: Ecology, functions, and application trends by Mundra, Sunil, Shockey, Jay, Morsy, Mustafa

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Developmental regulation of diacylglycerol acyltransferase family gene expression in tung tree tissues by Cao, Heping, Shockey, Jay M, Klasson, K Thomas, Chapital, Dorselyn C, Mason, Catherine B, Scheffler, Brian E

“…Diacylglycerol acyltransferases (DGAT) catalyze the final and rate-limiting step of triacylglycerol (TAG) biosynthesis in eukaryotic organisms. DGAT genes have…”
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Identification, classification and differential expression of oleosin genes in tung tree (Vernicia fordii) by Cao, Heping, Zhang, Lin, Tan, Xiaofeng, Long, Hongxu, Shockey, Jay M

“…Triacylglycerols (TAG) are the major molecules of energy storage in eukaryotes. TAG are packed in subcellular structures called oil bodies or lipid droplets…”
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Identification of triacylglycerol remodeling mechanism to synthesize unusual fatty acid containing oils by Parchuri, Prasad, Bhandari, Sajina, Azeez, Abdul, Chen, Grace, Johnson, Kumiko, Shockey, Jay, Smertenko, Andrei, Bates, Philip D.

“…Typical plant membranes and storage lipids are comprised of five common fatty acids yet over 450 unusual fatty acids accumulate in seed oils of various plant…”
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Acyl-CoA-dependent and acyl-CoA-independent avocado acyltransferases positively influence oleic acid content in nonseed triacylglycerols by Behera, Jyoti, Rahman, Md Mahbubur, Shockey, Jay, Kilaru, Aruna

“…In higher plants, acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) and phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (PDAT) catalyze the terminal step of…”
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Specialized lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases contribute to unusual fatty acid accumulation in exotic Euphorbiaceae seed oils by Shockey, Jay, Lager, Ida, Stymne, Sten, Kotapati, Hari Kiran, Sheffield, Jennifer, Mason, Catherine, Bates, Philip D.

“…Many exotic Euphorbiaceae species, including tung tree (Vernicia fordii), castor bean (Ricinus communis), Bernardia pulchella, and Euphorbia lagascae,…”
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A mutant cotton fatty acid desaturase 2-1d allele causes protein mistargeting and altered seed oil composition by Shockey, Jay, Gilbert, Matthew K, Thyssen, Gregory N

“…Cotton (Gossypium sp.) has been cultivated for centuries for its spinnable fibers, but its seed oil also possesses untapped economic potential if, improvements…”
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Plant Acyl-CoA:Lysophosphatidylcholine Acyltransferases (LPCATs) Have Different Specificities in Their Forward and Reverse Reactions by Lager, Ida, Yilmaz, Jenny Lindberg, Zhou, Xue-Rong, Jasieniecka, Katarzyna, Kazachkov, Michael, Wang, Peng, Zou, Jitao, Weselake, Randall, Smith, Mark A., Bayon, Shen, Dyer, John M., Shockey, Jay M., Heinz, Ernst, Green, Allan, Banas, Antoni, Stymne, Sten

“…Acyl-CoA:lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase (LPCAT) enzymes have central roles in acyl editing of phosphatidylcholine (PC). Plant LPCAT genes were…”
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Tung Tree DGAT1 and DGAT2 Have Nonredundant Functions in Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis and Are Localized to Different Subdomains of the Endoplasmic Reticulum by Shockey, Jay M, Gidda, Satinder K, Chapital, Dorselyn C, Kuan, Jui-Chang, Dhanoa, Preetinder K, Bland, John M, Rothstein, Steven J, Mullen, Robert T, Dyer, John M

“…Seeds of the tung tree (Vernicia fordii) produce large quantities of triacylglycerols (TAGs) containing ~80% eleostearic acid, an unusual conjugated fatty…”
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The Acyl-CoA Synthetase Encoded by LACS2 Is Essential for Normal Cuticle Development in Arabidopsis by Schnurr, Judy, Shockey, Jay, Browse, John

“…Long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase (LACS) activities are encoded by a family of at least nine genes in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). These enzymes have roles…”
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Metabolic engineering of hydroxy fatty acid production in plants: RcDGAT2 drives dramatic increases in ricinoleate levels in seed oil by Burgal, Julie, Shockey, Jay, Lu, Chaofu, Dyer, John, Larson, Tony, Graham, Ian, Browse, John

“…A central goal of green chemistry is to produce industrially useful fatty acids in oilseed crops. Although genes encoding suitable fatty acid-modifying enzymes…”
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Transcript Profiling Approach Reveals an Abscisic Acid-Specific Glycosyltransferase (UGT73C14) Induced in Developing Fiber of Ligon lintless-2 Mutant of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) by Gilbert, Matthew K, Bland, John M, Shockey, Jay M, Cao, Heping, Hinchliffe, Doug J, Fang, David D, Naoumkina, Marina, Zhang, Jinfa

“…Ligon lintless-2 , a monogenic dominant cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) fiber mutation, causing extreme reduction in lint fiber length with no pleiotropic…”
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Engineering oilseeds for sustainable production of industrial and nutritional feedstocks: solving bottlenecks in fatty acid flux by Cahoon, Edgar B, Shockey, Jay M, Dietrich, Charles R, Gidda, Satinder K, Mullen, Robert T, Dyer, John M

“…Oilseeds provide a unique platform for the production of high-value fatty acids that can replace non-sustainable petroleum and oceanic sources of specialty…”
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Engineering the production of conjugated fatty acids in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves by Yurchenko, Olga, Shockey, Jay M., Gidda, Satinder K., Silver, Maxwell I., Chapman, Kent D., Mullen, Robert T., Dyer, John M.

“…Summary The seeds of many nondomesticated plant species synthesize oils containing high amounts of a single unusual fatty acid, many of which have potential…”
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Functional and Predictive Structural Characterization of WRINKLED2, A Unique Oil Biosynthesis Regulator in Avocado by Behera, Jyoti R., Rahman, Md. Mahbubur, Bhatia, Shina, Shockey, Jay, Kilaru, Aruna

“…WRINKLED1 (WRI1), a member of the APETALA2 (AP2) class of transcription factors regulates fatty acid biosynthesis and triacylglycerol (TAG) accumulation in…”
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