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Lipid Composition of Arabidopsis thaliana: Overview of

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Synonyms

Angiosperms – Angiosperms is a synonym for flowering plants.

CRISPR-Cas – CRISPR-Cas stands for a recently developed technology that allows permanent modifications in selected genes and originates from a prokaryotic immune system.

Endosymbiosis – Endosymbiosis describes an evolutionary theory on how organelles such as chloroplasts or mitochondria evolved from a symbiosis between single-cell prokaryotes.

Genotype – The genotype of an organism defines the genetic makeup of an organism.

Phenotype – The phenotype of an organism describes the traits or properties that can be observed or measured. They depend on the genotype and/or interaction of the organism with the environment.

Definitions

VLCFA:

Abbreviation for very long chain fatty acids with 20 or more carbons in their acyl chain.

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic pathway:

The prokaryotic and eukaryotic pathways describe two separated routes of lipid synthesis; the first one takes place exclusively within the chloroplast whereas the...

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Abbreviations

ACP:

Acyl-carrier-protein

CDP-DAG:

Cytidine diphosphate diacylglycerol

CL:

Cardiolipin

CoA:

Coenzyme A

CRISPR-Cas:

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats – crispr associated protein

DAG:

Diacylglycerol

DGDG:

Digalactosyldiacylglycerol

ER:

Endoplasmic reticulum

FA:

Fatty acid

FAD:

Fatty-acid desaturase

FAE:

Fatty acid elongase

FAME:

Fatty-acid methyl ester

GC-FID:

Gaschromatography coupled to a flame-ionization detector

MALDI-MS:

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization – mass spectrometry

MGDG:

Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol

OPDA:

12-oxophytodienoic acid

PA:

Phosphatidic acid

PC:

Phosphatidylcholine

PE:

Phosphatidylethanolamine

PEP:

Phosphoenylpyruvate

PG:

Phosphatidylglycerol

PGP:

Phosphatidylglycerolphosphate

PI:

Phosphatidylinositol

PS:

Phosphatidylserine

SQDG:

Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

TAG:

Triacylglycerol

TAG:

Triacylglycerol

T-DNA:

Transfer-DNA

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Kelly, A.A. (2018). Lipid Composition of Arabidopsis thaliana: Overview of. In: Wenk, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lipidomics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7864-1_119-1

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