Isolation and characterization of two germacrene A synthase cDNA clones from chicory

Plant Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 134-144

  Bouwmeester, Harro J ^a   Kodde, Jan ^a   Verstappen, Francel W A ^a   Altug, Iris G ^a   De Kraker, Jan Willem ^a   Wallaart, T Eelco ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; TISSUE;

PRIMERS;

DNA;

CICHORIUM; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

5 EPI ARISTOLOCHENE SYNTHASE; 5-EPI-ARISTOLOCHENE SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GERMACRENE A SYNTHASE, CICHORIUM INTYBUS; ISOENZYME; SESQUITERPENE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHICORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTHESIS; TOBACCO;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHICORY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ISOENZYMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SESQUITERPENES; TOBACCO;

EID: 0036000024     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.001024     Document Type: Article

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