Oleosins and Oil Bodies in Seeds and Other Organs

Diverse organisms store lipids in subcellular particles as food reserves, which will be mobilized during a forthcoming period of active metabolism. These lipid particles can be found in the seeds, pollens, flowers, roots, and stems of flowering plants, the spores and vegetative organs of nonflowering plants, and algae. They are also present in some animal cells, fungi, and Euglena. Of a11 these subcellular