Two branches of the lupeol synthase gene in the molecular evolution of plant oxidosqualene cyclases

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 302-307

  Shibuya, Masaaki ^b   Zhang, Hong ^b   Endo, Aki ^b   Shishikura, Kaori ^b   Kushiro, Tetsuo ^b   Ebizuka, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lupeol synthase; Molecular evolution; Olea europaea; Taraxacum officinale; Triterpene synthase

Indexed keywords

LUPEOL; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0000506975     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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