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Abbreviations

DAG:

Diacylglycerol

FA:

Fatty acid

G3P:

Glycerol-3-phosphate

GC:

Gas chromatography

GPAT:

Acyl-CoA/glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase

LPA:

Lysophosphatidic acid

MAG:

Monoacylglycerol

MGAT:

Acyl-CoA/monoacylglycerol acyltransferase

TAG:

Triacylglycerol

TLC:

Thin-layer chromatography

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  1. Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Dept. of Plant Biochemistry, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany

    Ellen Hornung

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Hornung, E. (2017). Monoacylglycerol (MAG) in Plants: Functional Diversity of. In: Wenk, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lipidomics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7864-1_138-1

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