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                    galactolipid (16:2 or 18:2 containing) | 
                  
                      
                        
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                              Arondel, V., Lemieux, B., Hwang, I., Gibson, S., Goodman, H.M., and Somerville, C.R.   (1992). MAP-BASED CLONING OF A GENE CONTROLLING OMEGA-3-FATTY-ACID DESATURATION IN ARABIDOPSIS. Science 258  , 1353-1355.Yadav, N.S., Wierzbicki, A., Aegerter, M., Caster, C.S., Perezgrau, L., Kinney, A.J., Hitz, W.D., Booth, J.R., Schweiger, B., Stecca, K.L., Allen, S.M., Blackwell, M., Reiter, R.S., Carlson, T.J., Russell, S.H., Feldmann, K.A., Pierce, J., and Browse, J.   (1993). CLONING OF HIGHER-PLANT OMEGA-3-FATTY-ACID DESATURASES. Plant Physiology 103  , 467-476.Browse, J., McConn, M., James, D., Jr., and Miquel, M.   (1993). Mutants of Arabidopsis deficient in the synthesis of alpha-linolenate: Biochemical and genetic characterization of the endoplasmic reticulum linoleoyl desaturase. J. Biol. Chem. 268  , 16345-16351.
                             
                           
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