Chalcone isomerase isozymes with different substrate specificities towards 6′-hydroxy- and 6′-deoxychalcones in cultured cells of Glycyrrhiza echinata, a leguminous plant producing 5-deoxyflavonoids

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1169-1173

  Kimura, Y ^a   Aoki, T ^a   Ayabe, S I ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 Deoxyflavonoids; Chalcone isomerase; Glycyrrhiza echinata; Leguminous plants

Indexed keywords

5 DEOXYFLAVONOID; 6' DEOXYCHALCONE; 6' HYDROXYCHALCONE; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CHALCONE ISOMERASE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ISOZYME ANALYSIS;

FABACEAE; GLYCYRRHIZA ECHINATA;

EID: 0034755783     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pce130     Document Type: Article

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