The elongation of medium chain trienoic acids to -linolenic acid by a spinach chloroplast stroma system.

Acetates/metabolism Acetyl Coenzyme A/metabolism Carbon Isotopes Chloroplasts/metabolism Chromatography, Gas Coenzyme A/metabolism Fatty Acids, Unsaturated/isolation & purification,metabolism Linolenic Acids/biosynthesis Malonates/metabolism Oleic Acids/biosynthesis Plant Cells Plants/analysis,metabolism

Acetates Carbon Isotopes Fatty Acids, Unsaturated Linolenic Acids Malonates Oleic Acids Acetyl Coenzyme A Coenzyme A