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Jillian E Silva

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Iskandarov U, Silva J, Kim H, Andersson M, Cahoon R, Mockaitis K, et al.
Plant Physiol . 2017 Mar; 174(1):97-109. PMID: 28325847
Seed oils of many sp. contain >90% of medium-chain fatty acids, such as decanoic acid (10:0). These seed oils, which are among the most compositionally variant in the plant kingdom,...
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Kim H, Silva J, Iskandarov U, Andersson M, Cahoon R, Mockaitis K, et al.
Plant J . 2015 Oct; 84(5):1021-33. PMID: 26505880
Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase (LPAT) catalyzes acylation of the sn-2 position on lysophosphatidic acid by an acyl CoA substrate to produce the phosphatidic acid precursor of polar glycerolipids and triacylglycerols (TAGs)....
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Kim H, Silva J, Vu H, Mockaitis K, Nam J, Cahoon E
J Exp Bot . 2015 May; 66(14):4251-65. PMID: 25969557
Seeds of members of the genus Cuphea accumulate medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs; 8:0-14:0). MCFA- and palmitic acid- (16:0) rich vegetable oils have received attention for jet fuel production, given their...
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Horn P, Silva J, Anderson D, Fuchs J, Borisjuk L, Nazarenus T, et al.
Plant J . 2013 Jul; 76(1):138-50. PMID: 23808562
Engineering compositional changes in oilseeds is typically accomplished by introducing new enzymatic step(s) and/or by blocking or enhancing an existing enzymatic step(s) in a seed-specific manner. However, in practice, the...
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Nguyen H, Silva J, Podicheti R, Macrander J, Yang W, Nazarenus T, et al.
Plant Biotechnol J . 2013 Apr; 11(6):759-69. PMID: 23551501
Camelina (Camelina sativa), a Brassicaceae oilseed, has received recent interest as a biofuel crop and production platform for industrial oils. Limiting wider production of camelina for these uses is the...