Purification and partial characterisation of geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase, from Taxus baccata cell cultures an enzyme that regulates taxane biosynthesis

Plant Science

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-105

  Laskaris, Gregory ^a   Van Der Heijden, Robert ^a   Verpoorte, Rob ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GGPP synthase; Purification; Taxus baccata

Indexed keywords

FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; PYROPHOSPHATE; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL;

TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 0034712864     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00263-0     Document Type: Article

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