Isoprenoid biosynthesis in plants: Carbon partitioning within the cytoplasmic pathway

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-106

  Newman, Jeffrey D ^a   Chappell, Joseph ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENZYME; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ISOPRENOID; PHYTOALEXIN; PHYTOSTEROL; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; TERPENE CYCLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TOBACCO;

CARBON; CYTOPLASM; FARNESYL-DIPHOSPHATE FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; TERPENES;

EID: 0032940782     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409239991209228     Document Type: Review

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