John L Harwood
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Recent Articles
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Weselake R, Fell D, Wang X, Scofield S, Chen G, Harwood J
Prog Lipid Res
. 2024 Nov;
96:101306.
PMID: 39566857
Brassica oilseed species are the third most important in the world, providing approximately 15 % of the total vegetable oils. Three species (Brassica rapa, B. juncea, B. napus) dominate with...
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Harwood J
Int J Mol Sci
. 2023 May;
24(10).
PMID: 37240183
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are important components of the diet of mammals. Their role was first established when the essential fatty acids (EFAs) linoleic acid and α-linolenic acid were discovered...
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Fell D, Taylor D, Weselake R, Harwood J
Biosystems
. 2023 Apr;
227-228:104905.
PMID: 37100112
The increasing global demand for vegetable oils will only be met if there are significant improvements in the productivity of the major oil crops, such as oilseed rape. Metabolic engineering...
4.
Chen G, Harwood J, Lemieux M, Stone S, Weselake R
Prog Lipid Res
. 2022 Jul;
88:101181.
PMID: 35820474
Acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT, EC 2.3.1.20) catalyzes the last reaction in the acyl-CoA-dependent biosynthesis of triacylglycerol (TAG). DGAT activity resides mainly in DGAT1 and DGAT2 in eukaryotes and bifunctional wax ester...
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Fuchs L, Holland A, Ludlow R, Coates R, Armstrong H, Pickett J, et al.
Front Plant Sci
. 2022 Jul;
13:928178.
PMID: 35774811
In recent years, the study of aromatic plants has seen an increase, with great interest from industrial, academic, and pharmaceutical industries. Among plants attracting increased attention are the spp. (mint),...
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Fenyk S, Woodfield H, Romsdahl T, Wallington E, Bates R, Fell D, et al.
Biochem J
. 2022 Mar;
479(6):805-823.
PMID: 35298586
The regulation of lipid metabolism in oil seeds is still not fully understood and increasing our knowledge in this regard is of great economic, as well as intellectual, importance. Oilseed...
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Liao P, Lechon T, Romsdahl T, Woodfield H, Fenyk S, Fawcett T, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2022 Mar;
12(1):3352.
PMID: 35233071
Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) is an important crop that is cultivated for the oil (mainly triacylglycerol; TAG) it produces in its seeds. TAG synthesis is controlled mainly by key enzymes...
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Griffiths R, Dancer J, ONeill E, Harwood J
New Phytol
. 2021 Apr;
160(1):199-207.
PMID: 33873546
• Botrytis cinerea is an important plant pathogen that causes grey mould in over 200 hosts. It is often controlled by dicarboximides, which have various proposed mechanisms of action, including...
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Guschina I, Harwood J, Smith M, Beckett R
New Phytol
. 2021 Apr;
156(2):255-264.
PMID: 33873275
• Mosses are particularly able to withstand drought stress. Moreover, abscisic acid (ABA), which is intimately involved during stress in higher plants, has also been implicated in bryophytes. Because membrane...
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Harwood J
Lipids
. 2020 Jul;
55(5):419-423.
PMID: 32701170
Vegetable oils are one of the main agricultural commodities. Demand has been increasing steadily over the last five decades and, with finite land available, it is vital that we increase...