supported by grants from the China National Basic Research Program (2010CB126000);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (90717009)
Production of b-ketoacyl-Co A, which is catalyzed by 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase(KCS), is the first step in very long chain fatty acid(VLCFA) biosynthesis. Here we identified 58 KCS genes from Gossypium hirsutum, 31 f...