Isolation of genes involved in secondary metabolism from Melaleuca alternifolia (Cheel) using expressed sequence tags (ESTs)

Plant Science

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-15

  Shelton, Dale ^a   Leach, David ^a   Baverstock, Peter ^a   Henry, Robert ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EST; Melaleuca alternifolia; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTIVATION; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS (ESTS);

GENES;

CAROTENOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOARTENOL SYNTHASE; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; FARNESYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; LIMONENE SYNTHASE; PHENYLPROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SYNTHETASE; TERPENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE ISOLATION; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OENOTHERA ELATA; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLASTID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; OENOTHERA; OENOTHERA ELATA; PRIMULA;

EID: 0036135621     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(01)00504-0     Document Type: Article

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