Conserved sequence motifs in plant S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferases

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 663-674

  Joshi, Chandrashekhar P ^a   Chiang, Vincent L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CCoAOMT; Flavonoids; Methyltransferase; OMT; Phenylpropanoid; SAM

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLAVONOID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; O METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHENYLPROPANOID; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032126760     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006035210889     Document Type: Article

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