Transcripts for possible capsaicinoid biosynthetic genes are differentially accumulated in pungent and non-pungent Capsicum spp

Plant Science

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-57

  Curry, Jeanne ^a   Aluru, Maneesha ^a   Mendoza, Marcus ^a   Nevarez, Jacob ^a   Melendrez, Martin ^a   O'Connell, Mary A ^a  

^a Molecular Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Branched chain fatty acid; Pepper; Phenylpropanoid pathway; Pungency; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CAPSAICIN DERIVATIVE; CAPSAICINOID; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PEPPER;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM CHINENSE;

EID: 0033569433     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00118-1     Document Type: Article

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