New pathway to polyketides in plants

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6709, 1998, Pages 387-90

  Eckermann, Stefan ^a   Schröder, Gudrun ^a   Schmidt, Jürgen ^b   Streck, Dieter ^b   Edrada, Ru A ^c   Helariutta, Yrjö ^d,e   Elomaa, Paula ^d   Kotilainen, Mika ^d   Kilpeläinen, Ilkka ^d   Proksch, Peter ^c   Teeri, Teemu H ^d   Schröder, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Lehrst F Pharmazeutische Biologie   (Germany)

^d Viikki Biocenter   (Finland)

^e Lewis B Dorothy Cullman Prog M   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; MALONYL COENZYME A; NATURAL PRODUCT; POLYKETIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

GERBERA HYBRIDA;

EID: 0032569804     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/24652     Document Type: Article

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