Cloning and functional expression of a cytochrome p450 cDNA encoding 2-hydroxyisoflavanone synthase involved in biosynthesis of the isoflavonoid skeleton in licorice

Plant Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 821-828

  Akashi, Tomoyoshi ^a,b   Aoki, Toshio ^a   Ayabe, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYISOFLAVANONE SYNTHASE; CLONING; CYTOCHROME P450; ECHINATIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICARPIN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYTOALEXIN; RETROCHALCONE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FABACEAE; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA ECHINATA;

EID: 0033230703     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.3.821     Document Type: Article

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