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Spring 2012
This research focused on the bioconversion of unsaturated fatty acids to hydroxy fatty acids, which are platform chemicals of biological and industrial significance. Oleic, linoleic and linolenic acid are liberated in the soap stock of plant oil refineries as free fatty acids and were used as...
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2007
Johnson, S.J., Carroll, R.T., Vidmar, J.J., Stroeher,V., Taylor, G.T., Good, A.G., DePauw, M., Lu, Z., Savidov, N.
Nitrogen (N) is the most important factor limiting crop productivity worldwide. The ability of plants to acquire N from applied fertilizers is one of the critical steps limiting the efficient use of nitrogen. To improve N use efficiency, genetically modified plants that overexpress alanine...
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Establishing the anti-cancer effects of unsaturated fatty acids and a novel oil on human breast cancer cells
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N-3 and n-6 fatty acids and conjugated linoleic (CLA) acid have been known to inhibit breast cancer cell growth, however, effects on normal cells and of single and mixtures of n-3 and n-6 pathway intermediates have not been thoroughly investigated. The objective of this thesis was to determine...
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Probing the limits of very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid accumulation in transgenic Brassica napus
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Transgenic oilseeds capable of producing high levels of very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLCPUFA) represent a promising alternative to marine oils as a source of nutritionally important fatty acids such as arachidonic acid (ARA, 20:4Δ5,8,11,14) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA,...