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Flax

Known as: Linseed, Flaxseeds, Linum 
A plant genus of the family LINACEAE that is cultivated for its fiber (manufactured into linen cloth). It contains a trypsin inhibitor and the seed… 
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Linum usitatissimum

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Marginal Farmland in European Russia
Two geographers specializing in Russian agriculture and rural development present an exploratory essay on the phenomenon of… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Tobacco transgenic for the flax rust resistance gene L expresses allele-specific activation of defense responses.
Tobacco was transformed with three different alleles (L2, L6, and L10) of the flax rust resistance gene L, a member of the toll… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Coevolution at multiple spatial scales: Linum marginale–Melampsora lini – from the individual to the species
Coevolutionary processes are intrinsically spatial as well as temporal, and occur at many different scales. These range from… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Exposure to flaxseed or its lignan component during different developmental stages influences rat mammary gland structures.
Reduction of the highly proliferative terminal end bud (TEB) structures in the developing mammary gland by differentiation to… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Haploids in plant breeding
Haploids are autonomous, sporophytic plants that have gametophytic chromosome number because they originate from a gametic cell… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Contrasting complexity of two rust resistance loci in flax.
DNA probes from the L6 rust resistance gene of flax (Linum usitatissimum) hybridize to resistance genes at the unlinked M locus… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Formation of epoxyalcohols by a purified allene oxide synthase. Implications for the mechanism of allene oxide synthesis.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Potential anticancer agents II: antitumor and cytotoxic lignans from Linum album (Linaceae).
A phytochemical study of Linum album (Linaceae), guided by bioassay with the 9KB cell culture, resulted in the isolation of… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Induction and growth of flax genotrophs
are compared in the next generation under uniform conditions the plants vary in size depending on the fertiliser combinations… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Effect of low temperature on fatty acid biosynthesis in seeds.
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