Molecules of interest: Taxol biosynthetic genes

Phytochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-7

  Walker, Kevin ^a   Croteau, Rodney ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

10 Deacetylbaccatin III 10 O acetyltransferase; Taxadien 5 ol O acetyltransferase; Taxadien 5 yl acetate 10 hydroxylase; Taxadiene synthase; Taxane 2 benzoyltransferase; Taxol biosynthesis; Taxus

Indexed keywords

10 DEACETYLBACCATIN III 10BETA O ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DITERPENOID; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; OXYGENASE; PACLITAXEL; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; SYNTHETIC DNA; TAXADIEN 5ALPHA OL O ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TAXADIEN 5ALPHA YLACETATE 10BETA HYDROXYLASE; TAXADIENE SYNTHASE; TAXANE 2ALPHA O BENZOYLTRANSFERASE; TAXOL; TAXUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; GENES, SYNTHETIC; PACLITAXEL; PHYTOTHERAPY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0035838940     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00160-1     Document Type: Article

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