Cloning and expression of flavone synthase II from Gerbera hybrids

Plant Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 611-618

  Martens, Stefan ^a   Forkmann, Gert ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450 OXYGENASE; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAVANONE 2 HYDROXYLASE; FLAVONE SYNTHASE II; FLOWERING; GLYCYRHIA ECHINATA; HYBRID; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASTERACEAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

GERBERA; GLYCYRRHIZA ECHINATA;

EID: 0033375553     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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