Diversity and variability of terpenoid defences in conifers: Molecular genetics, biochemistry and evolution of the terpene synthase gene family in grand fir (Abies grandis)

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 223, Issue , 1999, Pages 132-149

  Bohlmann, Jörg ^a,b   Croteau, Rodney ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW; TREE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; TERPENES; TREES;

EID: 0032668982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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