Mevalonate biosynthesis in plants

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-122

  Bach, Thomas J ^a   Boronat, Albert ^a   Campos, Narciso ^a   Ferrer, Albert ^a   Vollack, Kai Uwe ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ISOENZYME; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; MEVALONIC ACID; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VEGETABLE; YEAST;

ACETYL-COA C-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; MEVALONIC ACID; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032933485     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409239991209237     Document Type: Review

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