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Lipid Composition of Arabidopsis thaliana Seeds

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Abbreviations

ACP:

Acyl carrier protein

ASG:

Acylated sterol glucoside

Cer:

Ceramide

CoA:

Coenzyme A

DAG:

Diacylglycerol

DGAT:

Acyl-CoA/diacylglycerol acyltransferase

DGDG:

Digalactosyldiacylglycerol

DHA:

Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6Δ4,7,10,13,16,19)

EPA:

Eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5Δ5,8,11,14,17)

ER:

Endoplasmic reticulum

FA:

Fatty acid

FAD:

Fatty acid desaturase

FAE:

Fatty acid elongase

GC-FID:

Gas chromatography coupled to a flame-ionization detector

GIPC:

Glycosylinositolphosphoceramide

GlcCers:

Glucosylceramide

hCer:

Hydroxyl ceramide

MALDI-MS:

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry

MGDG:

Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol

NAE:

N-Acylethanolamide

NAPE:

N-Acylphosphatidylethanolamine

PA:

Phosphatidic acid

PC:

Phosphatidylcholine

PDAT:

Phospholipid/diacylglycerol acyltransferase

PDCT:

Phosphatidylcholine/diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferase

PE:

Phosphatidylethanolamine

PG:

Phosphatidylglycerol

PI:

Phosphatidylinositol

PS:

Phosphatidylserine

SE:

Sterol ester

SG:

Sterol glucoside

TAG:

Triacylglycerol

TLC:

Thin-layer chromatography

UPLC-ESI-MS/MS:

Ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry

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Kelly, A.A. (2018). Lipid Composition of Arabidopsis thaliana Seeds. In: Wenk, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lipidomics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7864-1_124-1

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