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Mixed Function Oxygenases

New findings in mixed function oxygenases described by X. Liu and co-researchers

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, July 1st, 2010

According to recent research from Shandong, People's Republic of China, "We studied how the reductions of trienoic fatty acids (TAs) and increases of dienoic fatty acids (DAs) enhanced high-temperature tolerance in antisense expression of tomato chloroplast omega-3 fatty acid desaturase gene (LeFAD7) transgenic tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plants. In transgenic plants, the content of linolenic acid (18:3) was markedly decreased, while linoleic acid (18:2) was increased correspondingly and the similar changes were observed under high-temperature stress as well."

"Under high-temperature stress, transgenic plants can maintain a relatively higher level of net...

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