Structure and evolution of linalool synthase

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1491-1498

  Cseke, Leland ^a   Dudareva, Natalia ^a,b   Pichersky, Eran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain swapping; Evolution; Floral scent; Gene structure; Isoprenoids; Plants; Secondary metabolism; Terpene synthases

Indexed keywords

LIMONENE; LINALOOL; SYNTHETASE; TERPENE; HYDROLYASE; S LINALOOL SYNTHASE; S-LINALOOL SYNTHASE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME MECHANISM; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLARKIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; EVENING PRIMROSE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; CLARKIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HYDRO-LYASES; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OENOTHERA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031761787     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025876     Document Type: Article

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