Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of the obtusifoliol 14α-demethylase of Sorghum bicolor (L.) moench, a cytochrome p450 orthologous to the sterol 14α-demethylases (CYP51) from fungi and mammals

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-201

  Bak, Soren ^a   Kahn, Rachel Alice ^a   Olsen, Carl Erik ^a   Halkier, Barbara Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; HYBRID PROTEIN; LANOSTEROL 14 ALPHA-DEMETHYLASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEREAL; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CEREALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031079568     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11020191.x     Document Type: Article

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