| diversity of δ12 fatty acid desaturases in santalaceae and their role in production of seed oil acetylenic fatty acids. | plants in the santalaceae family, including the native cherry exocarpos cupressiformis and sweet quandong santalum acuminatum, accumulate ximenynic acid (trans-11-octadecen-9-ynoic acid) in their seed oil and conjugated polyacetylenic fatty acids in root tissue. twelve full-length genes coding for microsomal δ12 fatty acid desaturases (fads) from the two santalaceae species were identified by degenerate pcr. phylogenetic analysis of the predicted amino acid sequences placed five santalaceae fads ... | 2013 | 24062307 |