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Castor-Oil Plants and Bio-Lubricants Sunday, July 05, 2009 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Biology   
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Almeria-based researchers, led by Federico García Maroto, have genetically altered the castor-oil plant so as to use it as a factory to produce bio lubricants. So far, scientists of the University of Almeria have identified and provided a series of genes that are responsible of the biosynthesis of lipids that can be used to obtain transgenic castor-oil plants with an acid profile appropriate for the different requirements of bio lubricants. (source: sciencedaily.com)
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