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Lipid Biosynthesis in Oil Palm Protoplasts

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The Metabolism, Structure, and Function of Plant Lipids

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Protoplasts offer several advantages for metabolic studies. They provide a homogenous single-celled system and ensure the even distribution of precursors into the cell. The reaction products can be isolated more quickly and at higher purity. One of the main attractions of employing protoplasts for studying lipid metabolism is their ease of lysis. Organelles can be separated with minimal injury. The study of lipid metabolism in mesocarp and embryoid protoplasts of the oil palm is described.

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  1. Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM), P O Box 10620, 50720, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi & Augustine Soon-Hock Ong

  2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Malaya, 59100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Khaik-Cheang Oo

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  1. Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi
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  1. University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA

    Paul K. Stumpf

  2. ARCO Plant Cell Research Institute, Dublin, California, USA

    J. Brian Mudd

  3. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, USA

    W. David Nes

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Sambanthamurthi, R., Oo, KC., Ong, A.SH. (1987). Lipid Biosynthesis in Oil Palm Protoplasts. In: Stumpf, P.K., Mudd, J.B., Nes, W.D. (eds) The Metabolism, Structure, and Function of Plant Lipids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5263-1_96

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