cDNA cloning and heterologous expression of coniferin β-glucosidase

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 365-372

  Dharmawardhana, D Palitha ^a,b   Ellis, Brian E ^a   Carlson, John E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CANTEST Ltd   (Canada)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucoside; Lignin; Phenylpropanoid; Pinus

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CINNAMATES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREES;

EID: 0033137091     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006226931512     Document Type: Article

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