Molecular cloning and functional expression of O-methyltransferases common to isoquinoline alkaloid and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis

Plant Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 329-339

  Frick, Susanne ^a   Kutchan, Toni M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACULOVIRUS; BERBERINE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CDNA LIBRARY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA ISOLATION; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ISOQUINOLINE ALKALOID; METHYL JASMONATE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENYLPROPANOID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT DNA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TYROSINE;

ALKALOIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ISOQUINOLINES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENYLPROPIONATES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; RUTA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; THALICTRUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0033083604     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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