Lipid Genes and Biotechnology in Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2022) | Viewed by 18413
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant lipid metabolism; fatty acid and triacylglycerol metabolic engineering in plants; plastid–lipid-associated proteins
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Interests: plant stress physiology; plant developmental biology; plant genome-wide transcriptomics; plant-based therapeutics; biosurfactants in sustainable agriculture and pharmaceutical industries
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2. Department of Genetic and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Sri Sri University, Cuttack 754006, Odisha, India
Interests: structural and functional genomics; developmental biology; molecular breeding; abiotic stress signaling; hormone signaling; gene editing; RNA biology and epigenetics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant lipids are a component of cell membranes, with a role in providing protection from the external environment, and acting as an energy source. They also play a role in cell signaling. After the first report on the fatty acid desaturase genes in the model plant Arabidopsis by Dr. John Browse of Washington State University, many researchers discovered the function of genes involved in lipid synthesis and regulation using Arabidopsis mutants. After the genome sequencing of Arabidopsis was completed, Dr. John Ohlrogge of Michigan State University created the “Arabidopsis Acyl-Lipid Metabolism” database (http://aralip.plantbiology.msu.edu/pathways/pathways) that organized lipid genes. However, many studies on the function of lipid genes have not yet been completed in Arabidopsis. Plant lipids not only supply essential fatty acids to humans, but are also used for industrial purposes. Biotechnology to produce health and industrial lipids from plants is needed. This Special Issue deals with the study of the function of lipid genes in model plants and crops and the study of biotechnology related to lipid metabolism.
Prof. Dr. Hyun Uk Kim
Dr. Manu Kumar
Dr. Mahipal Singh Kesawat
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fatty acid biosynthesis
- fatty acid desaturase
- acyltransferase
- triacylglycerol biosynthesis
- Arabidopsis lipid genes
- crop lipid genes
- function of lipid genes
- genome-wide identification of lipid genes in plants
- lipid biotechnology for fatty acid and triacylglycerol content
- lipid gene editing in plants
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