Cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding betanidin 5-O-glucosyltransferase, a betanidin- and flavonoid-specific enzyme with high homology to inducible glucosyltransferases from the Solanaceae

Plant Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 509-519

  Vogt, Thomas ^a   Grimm, Rudi ^b,c   Strack, Dieter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Hewlett Packard GmbH   (Germany)

^c Sandoz Biopharmaceuticals   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETANIDIN 5 O GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; CATALYSIS; CDNA LIBRARY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 0033199424     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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