The castor bean genome /

The castor bean genome /

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Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Compendium of plant genomes, 2199-479X Compendium of plant genomes.
Subject:	Castor beans -- Genetics. Genomes. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science. Genomes. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11792562

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Other authors / contributors:	Kole, Chittaranjan, editor. Rabinowicz, Pablo, editor.
ISBN:	9783319972800 3319972804 3319972790 9783319972794 9783319972817 3319972812 9783319972794
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 21, 2019).
Summary:	This book addresses various aspects of the current castor bean research, including genetics, biotechnology, comparative genomics, and more specific topics such as oil metabolism and the ricin toxin. It also presents the whole genome sequencing of the castor bean and its impact on the mining of gene families and future plant breeding. Castor bean (Ricinus communis), an oilseed plant, belongs to the Euphorbiaceae (spurge) family. It is a tropical and subtropical crop valued for the high quality and uniform nature of its oil, which is mostly composed of the uncommon fatty acid ricinoleate. Castor bean oil has important industrial applications for the production of lubricants, cosmetics, medicines, and specialty chemicals, and castor bean has also been proposed as a biodiesel crop that does not pose concerns regarding the "food versus fuel" debate. However, it accumulates the type 2 ribosome-inactivating protein ricin in its seeds, and health concerns posed by ricin's high toxicity have prevented broader cultivation. Recently, there has been renewed interest in castor bean due to potential biosecurity issues.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9783319972794 Printed edition: 9783319972817
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-97280-0

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Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9783319972800 3319972804 3319972790 9783319972794 9783319972817 3319972812
ISSN:	2199-479X