Overexpression of an arabidopsis cDNA encoding a sterol-C241-methyltransferase in tobacco modifies the ratio of 24-methyl cholesterol to sitosterol and is associated with growth reduction

Plant Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 461-469

  Schaller, Hubert ^a   Bouvier Navé, Pierrette ^a   Benveniste, Pierre ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DELTA 24 STEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DELTA 24-STEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHYTOSTEROL; PRIMER DNA; SITOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLESTEROL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; SITOSTEROLS; TOBACCO;

EID: 0032188021     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.118.2.461     Document Type: Article

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