Molecular characterization of root-specific chalcone synthases from Cassia alata

Planta

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 64-71

  Samappito, Supachai ^a,b,c   Page, Jonathan ^a   Schmidt, Jürgen ^a   De Eknamkul, Wanchai ^b   Kutchan, Toni M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cassia; Chalcone synthase; Flavonoid; Leguminosae; Polyketide synthase; Ringworm bush

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; GENES; RNA; SUBSTRATES;

GENE TRANSCRIPT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CASSIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FABACEAE; SENNA; SENNA ALATA; TINEA;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; ISOENZYME; KAEMPFEROL; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; NARINGENIN; QUERCETIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT ROOT; SENNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CASSIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ISOENZYMES; KAEMPFEROLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUERCETIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036834321     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-002-0872-8     Document Type: Article

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