Salicylic acid carboxyl methyltransferase induced in hairy root cultures of Atropa belladonna after treatment with exogeneously added salicylic acid

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1054-1058

  Fukami, Hiroyuki ^a   Asakura, Tomiko ^b   Hirano, Hiroshi ^a   Abe, Keiko ^c   Shimomura, Koichiro ^d,e   Yamakawa, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Atomigakuen Junior College   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atropa belladonna; Methyl salicylate; O methyltransferase; S adenosyl L methionine:salicylic acid carboxyl methyltransferase; Salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

ATROPA; ATROPA BELLADONNA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036748287     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcf119     Document Type: Article

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