Biosynthesis and function of plant lipids

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5269796

Thomson, W W; Mudd, J B; Gibbs, M ^[1]

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1. eds.

The Sixth Annual Symposium in Botany and Plant Physiology was held January 13-15, 1983, at the University of California, Riverside. This volume comprises the papers that were presented. Subjects discussed at the symposium covered a wide range in the field of plant lipids. Biosynthesis of lipids occupied an important fraction of the presentations at the symposium. Subjects included detailed studies of the enzymes of fatty acid synthesis, several discussions of the incorporation of fatty acids into glycerolipids and the further modification of the fatty acids, and the synthesis of glycerolipids and desaturation of fatty acids in both maturing oilseeds and chloroplasts. The physicochemical studies of glycerolipids and sterols in artificial membranes have led to distinct conclusions about their behaviour which must be relevant in the biological membrane. Results on the functional consequences of modifying the galactolipid composition in the chloroplast were an encouraging sign of progress in the attempts to relate membrane lipid composition to physiological function.

• DOE Contract Number: FG03-83ER13043
• OSTI ID: 5269796
• Report Number(s): CONF-830156-; ON: DE84003109; TRN: 84-005087
• Resource Relation: Conference: 6. annual botany and plant physiology symposium on biosynthesis and function of plant lipids, Riverside, CA, USA, 13 Jan 1983; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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