Sterol C-24 methyltransferase type 1 controls the flux of carbon into sterol biosynthesis in tobacco seed

Plant Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 303-311

  Holmberg, Niklas ^a   Harker, Mark ^a   Gibbard, Carl L ^a   Wallace, Andrew D ^a   Clayton, John C ^a   Rawlins, Sally ^a   Hellyer, Amanda ^a   Safford, Richard ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; CHOLESTEROL; COENZYMES; PROTEINS; SEED; TOBACCO; VIRUSES;

PROMOTERS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; CARNATION ETCHED RING VIRUS; DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036742742     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.004226     Document Type: Article

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