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List of works by Randall J Weselake

A novel assay of DGAT activity based on high temperature GC/MS of triacylglycerol

scientific article published on 17 June 2014

A rapid nile red fluorescence-based method for triacylglycerol content in microspore-derived cell suspension cultures of Brassica napus.

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

A small phospholipase A2-α from castor catalyzes the removal of hydroxy fatty acids from phosphatidylcholine in transgenic Arabidopsis seeds.

scientific article published on 9 February 2015

A survey of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction internal reference genes for expression studies in Brassica napus

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Abiotic factors influence plant storage lipid accumulation and composition

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Acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase: Molecular biology, biochemistry and biotechnology

scientific article published on June 15, 2012

Acyl-Trafficking During Plant Oil Accumulation.

scientific article published on 12 October 2015

Acyltransferase action in the modification of seed oil biosynthesis

scientific article published on 06 June 2009

An N-terminal fragment of mouse DGAT1 binds different acyl-CoAs with varying affinity

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Antisense suppression of type 1 diacylglycerol acyltransferase adversely affects plant development in Brassica napus

scientific article published in June 2009

Arabidopsis GPAT9 contributes to synthesis of intracellular glycerolipids but not surface lipids

scientific article published on 20 June 2016

Bioactivity and biotechnological production of punicic acid.

scientific article published on 3 March 2018

Biotechnological approaches for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates in microorganisms and plants - a review

scientific article published on 30 November 2006

Brassica napus TT16 homologs with different genomic origins and expression levels encode proteins that regulate a broad range of endothelium-associated genes at the transcriptional level.

scientific article published on 14 March 2013

Bypassing the Δ6-desaturase enzyme and directly providing n-3 and n-6 PUFA pathway intermediates reduces the survival of two human breast cancer cell lines

article published in 2015

Castor patatin-like phospholipase A IIIβ facilitates removal of hydroxy fatty acids from phosphatidylcholine in transgenic Arabidopsis seeds

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Characterization of cDNAs encoding diacylglycerol acyltransferase from cultures of Brassica napus and sucrose-mediated induction of enzyme biosynthesis

scientific article published in February 2002

Combined transgenic expression of Punica granatum conjugase (FADX) and FAD2 desaturase in high linoleic acid Arabidopsis thaliana mutant leads to increased accumulation of punicic acid.

scientific article published on 8 July 2014

Conjugated linoleic acid-enriched beef production

scientific article published on June 2004

Development and characterization of low α-linolenic acid Brassica oleracea lines bearing a novel mutation in a 'class a' FATTY ACID DESATURASE 3 gene

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Development of low-linolenic acid Brassica oleracea lines through seed mutagenesis and molecular characterization of mutants

scientific article published on 10 March 2013

Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 1 Is Regulated by Its N-Terminal Domain in Response to Allosteric Effectors.

scientific article published on 21 August 2017

Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 is activated by phosphatidate and inhibited by SnRK1-catalyzed phosphorylation

scientific article published on 24 August 2018

Diacylglycerol acyltransferase: a key mediator of plant triacylglycerol synthesis.

scientific article published on December 2006

Directed evolution of acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase: development and characterization of Brassica napus DGAT1 mutagenized libraries

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Effect of CLA and other C18 unsaturated fatty acids on DGAT in bovine milk fat biosynthetic systems

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Engineering Arabidopsis long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 9 variants with enhanced enzyme activity

scientific article published on 15 January 2019

Fatty acid composition of developing sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) berry and the transcriptome of the mature seed

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Fatty acid composition of muscle fat and enzymes of storage lipid synthesis in whole muscle from beef cattle

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Functional and Topological Analysis of Yeast Acyl-CoA:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 2, an Endoplasmic Reticulum Enzyme Essential for Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis

scientific article published on February 14, 2011

Gene coexpression clusters and putative regulatory elements underlying seed storage reserve accumulation in Arabidopsis

scientific article published on June 2, 2011

Genome-wide analysis of PHOSPHOLIPID:DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE (PDAT) genes in plants reveals the eudicot-wide PDAT gene expansion and altered selective pressures acting on the core eudicot PDAT paralogs

scientific article published on 13 January 2015

Genome-wide identification and analysis of the B3 superfamily of transcription factors in Brassicaceae and major crop plants

scientific article published on 2 February 2013

Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 4 is essential for the normal development of reproductive organs and the embryo in Brassica napus

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Heterologous expression of flax PHOSPHOLIPID:DIACYLGLYCEROL CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE (PDCT) increases polyunsaturated fatty acid content in yeast and Arabidopsis seeds

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

High-performance variants of plant diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 generated by directed evolution provide insights into structure function

scientific article published on 29 July 2017

Hormonal control of lipase activity in oilseed rape germinants

Identification and characterization of an LCAT-like Arabidopsis thaliana gene encoding a novel phospholipase A

scientific article published on 10 January 2012

Identification of a pair of phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferases from developing flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) seed catalyzing the selective production of trilinolenin

scientific article published on 02 July 2013

In Vivo and in Vitro Evidence for Biochemical Coupling of Reactions Catalyzed by Lysophosphatidylcholine Acyltransferase and Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase

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Increasing the flow of carbon into seed oil.

scientific article published on 20 July 2009

Intrinsic disorder in the regulatory N-terminal domain of diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 from Brassica napus

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Involvement of low molecular mass soluble acyl-CoA-binding protein in seed oil biosynthesis

scientific article published on 08 October 2010

Lipins from plants are phosphatidate phosphatases that restore lipid synthesis in a pah1Δ mutant strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

scientific article published on January 12, 2011

Metabolic control analysis is helpful for informed genetic manipulation of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) to increase seed oil content

scientific article published on 13 August 2008

Metabolic engineering of Schizosaccharomyces pombe to produce punicic acid, a conjugated fatty acid with nutraceutic properties

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Metabolic interactions between the Lands cycle and the Kennedy pathway of glycerolipid synthesis in Arabidopsis developing seeds

scientific article published on 13 November 2012

Multiple mechanisms contribute to increased neutral lipid accumulation in yeast producing recombinant variants of plant diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1.

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Plant phospholipase A: advances in molecular biology, biochemistry, and cellular function

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Plant sn-Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferases: Biocatalysts Involved in the Biosynthesis of Intracellular and Extracellular Lipids

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Positional distribution of CLA in TAG of lamb tissues

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Possible allostery and oligomerization of recombinant plastidial sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase

scientific article published on 16 May 2014

Production of a Brassica napus Low-Molecular Mass Acyl-Coenzyme A-Binding Protein in Arabidopsis Alters the Acyl-Coenzyme A Pool and Acyl Composition of Oil in Seeds

scientific article published on 16 April 2014

Properties of lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase from Brassica napus cultures

scientific article published in June 2003

Purification and properties of recombinant Brassica napus diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1.

scientific article published on 14 February 2015

Role of cysteine residues in thiol modification of acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 from yeast

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Simple methods to detect triacylglycerol biosynthesis in a yeast-based recombinant system

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Stability of diacylglycerol acyltransferase in dehydrated bovine muscle tissue

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Storage lipid accumulation and acyltransferase action in developing flaxseed

scientific article published in October 2005

Substrate preferences of long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase and diacylglycerol acyltransferase contribute to enrichment of flax seed oil with α-linolenic acid

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

The linin promoter is highly effective in enhancing punicic acid production in Arabidopsis

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

Three Homologous Genes Encodingsn-Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase 4 Exhibit Different Expression Patterns and Functional Divergence inBrassica napus

scientific article published on December 20, 2010

Transparent testa16 plays multiple roles in plant development and is involved in lipid synthesis and embryo development in canola

scientific article published on 30 July 2012

Two Clades of Type-1 Brassica napus Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase Exhibit Differences in Acyl-CoA Preference

scientific article published on 2 May 2016

sn-Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferases in plants

scientific article published on November 1, 2011