Aristolochene synthase. Elucidation of the cryptic germacrene A synthase activity using the anomalous substrate dihydrofarnesyl diphosphate

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 42, 1996, Pages 10037-10040

  Cane, David E ^a   Tsantrizos, Youla S ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETASE; TERPENOID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029948274     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja961981b     Document Type: Article

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