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Lipid Composition of Arabidopsis thaliana Flowers

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Synonyms

Arabidopsis thaliana; Thale cress cuticle; Cuticula

Definitions

Pistil:

Female reproductive part of a flower

Stamen:

Pollen-producing part of the flower

Sulfolipids:

Lipids that contain sulfur in a functional group

Cutin:

Polymer matrix, which consists of esterified fatty acids that are hydroxylated or epoxy hydroxylated

Arabidopsis thaliana was established as a model organism for flowering plants, since its genome has a small size and it has a short life cycle (Somerville and Koornneef 2002). A very important developmental step is the formation of flowers, since this ensures the reproduction (Ó’Maoiléidigh et al. 2014; Nakamura 2015). Flower development requires the rapid formation of a new organ, which probably includes changes in the glycerolipid profile (Nakamura 2015). Due to the size of Arabidopsis flowers, it is technically difficult to dissect the flowers into its single parts. First lipid analyses of individual floral organs have been performed of Petunia hybrid,...

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Abbreviations

DGDG:

Digalactosyldiacylglycerol

FW:

Fresh weight

MGDG:

Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol

PA:

Phosphatidic acid

PC:

Phosphatidylcholine

PE:

Phosphatidylethanolamine

PG:

Phosphatidylglycerol

PI:

Phosphatidylinositol

PS:

Phosphatidylserine

SD:

Standard deviation

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  1. Department of Plant Biochemistry, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, D-37077, Goettingen, Germany

    Jennifer Popko

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  1. Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Centre for Life Sciences, Singapore, Singapore

    Markus R. Wenk

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Popko, J. (2016). Lipid Composition of Arabidopsis thaliana Flowers. In: Wenk, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lipidomics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7864-1_121-1

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