 Brassicaceae
"Brassicaceae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plant family of the order Capparales, subclass Dilleniidae, class Magnoliopsida. They are mostly herbaceous plants with peppery-flavored leaves, due to gluconapin (GLUCOSINOLATES) and its hydrolysis product butenylisotrhiocyanate. The family includes many plants of economic importance that have been extensively altered and domesticated by humans. Flowers have 4 petals. Podlike fruits contain a number of seeds. Cress is a general term used for many in the Brassicacea family. Rockcress is usually ARABIS; Bittercress is usually CARDAMINE; Yellowcress is usually RORIPPA; Pennycress is usually THLASPI; Watercress refers to NASTURTIUM; or RORIPPA or TROPAEOLUM; Gardencress refers to LEPIDIUM; Indiancress refers to TROPAEOLUM.
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D019607
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B01.650.940.800.575.100.157
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brassicaceae" by people in Profiles.
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Zhu LH, Krens F, Smith MA, Li X, Qi W, van Loo EN, Iven T, Feussner I, Nazarenus TJ, Huai D, Taylor DC, Zhou XR, Green AG, Shockey J, Klasson KT, Mullen RT, Huang B, Dyer JM, Cahoon EB. Dedicated Industrial Oilseed Crops as Metabolic Engineering Platforms for Sustainable Industrial Feedstock Production. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 26; 6:22181.
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Guo Y, Mietkiewska E, Francis T, Katavic V, Brost JM, Giblin M, Barton DL, Taylor DC. Increase in nervonic acid content in transformed yeast and transgenic plants by introduction of a Lunaria annua L. 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase (KCS) gene. Plant Mol Biol. 2009 Mar; 69(5):565-75.
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