The Genetic, Biochemical, and Molecular Characterization of Fatty Acid and Lipid Biosynthetic Pathways in Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 3256
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant lipids; genetics; molecular biology; gene regulation; sunflower mutants; lipidomics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant lipid studies have focused on the aspects of plant metabolism related to plant development, growth, viability, and adaptability. Furthermore, they have examined a crucial aspect within agriculture and plant production, which is that plant storage lipids in the form of fats and oils provide one of the most important sources of food and renewable reduced carbon chains.
In this Special Issue, we aim to provide a platform to publish the last advances in research on plant lipid synthesis genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, and regulation. This involves storage, membrane, and surface lipids in all plant organisms and, by extension, in microalgae and cyanobacteria.
Particularly welcome are research papers on the following topics:
- Characterization of genes and enzymes related to plant lipid synthesis;
- Studies based on the application of novel techniques and omics approaches revealing new aspects of lipid metabolism;
- Mechanism regulation of plant lipid metabolism;
- Plant lipid trafficking and turnover;
- Altering of plant lipid pathways to obtain new oils and fats.
Prof. Dr. Enrique Martínez-Force
Dr. Joaquín J Salas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant lipids
- fatty acids
- lipids
- synthesis
- regulation
- trafficking
- turnover
