Cloning and characterization of cDNA encoding farnesyl diphosphate synthase from rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 935-946

  Adiwilaga, Kartika ^a   Kush, Anil ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Isoprenoid biosynthesis; Latex regeneration; Natural rubber; Tissue specific gene expression

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; LATEX; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TREE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFERASES; TREES;

EID: 0030097431     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020805     Document Type: Article

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