Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding the gibberellin biosynthetic enzyme ent-kaurene synthase B from pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima L.)

Plant Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-213

  Yamaguchi, Shinjiro ^a,b   Saito, Tamio ^a   Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Yamane, Hisakazu ^b   Murofushi, Noboru ^b   Kamiya, Yuji ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GIBBERELLIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; KAURENE SYNTHETASE; PLANT DNA; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETABLE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIBBERELLINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFERASES; VEGETABLES;

CUCURBITA MAXIMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030210050     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.10020203.x     Document Type: Review

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