Cloning and analysis of a cDNA encoding farnesyl diphosphate synthase from Artemisia annua

Gene

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-209

  Matsushita, Yasuhiko ^a   Kang, WonKyung ^a,b   Charlwood, Barry V ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Cloned gene expression; FPP synthase; Isoprenoid biosynthesis; Medicinal plant; Sesquiterpenoid

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; SESQUITERPENOID; SYNTHETASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029977356     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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