A cDNA clone for β-caryophyllene synthase from Artemisia annua

Phytochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 523-529

  Cai, Yu ^a   Jia, Jun Wei ^a   Crock, John ^b   Lin, Zhi Xin ^c   Chen, Xiao Ya ^a   Croteau, Rodney ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caryophyllene; Caryophyllene synthase; Artemisia annua; Asteraceae; Elicitation; Gene expression; Homology based cDNA cloning; Recombinant protein expression; Sesquiterpene; Sesquiterpene synthase; Sweet wormwood

Indexed keywords

BETA CARYOPHYLLENE SYNTHASE; CARYOPHYLLENE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; METAL ION; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; SESQUITERPENE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL MATURATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; PLANT;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ASTERACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT COMPONENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 0036848891     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00265-0     Document Type: Article

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