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Scientists discover how oilseed plants regulate oil production

Plant scientists are seeking ways to increase seed oil production, and researchers at the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory may have found the molecular factors that limit the oil production of oilseed plants. According to John Shanklin, a biochemist at Brookhaven, an enzyme called ACCase—a protein containing four subunits—determines the rate of oil […]