cDNA cloning of sesquiterpene cyclase and squalene synthase, and expression of the genes in potato tuber infected with Phytophthora infestans

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 993-998

  Yoshioka, Hirofumi ^a   Yamada, Naofumi ^a   Doke, Noriyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defense gene; Phytoalexin; Phytophthora infestans; Potato tuber; Sesquiterpene cyclase; Squalene synthase (EC 2.5.1.21)

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME INDUCTION; GLYCOALKALOID; INOCULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOALEXIN; POTATO; RACE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SESQUITERPENE CYCLASE; SQUALENE SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VETISPIRADIENE SYNTHASE;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0033200184     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029633     Document Type: Article

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