Metabolome diversity: Too few genes, too many metabolites?

Phytochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 837-849

  Schwab, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity; Enzyme specificity; Plant secondary metabolites; Substrate availability

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ACYL COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; CAFFEIC ACID O METHYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; O METHYLTRANSFERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SYNTHETASE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOMICS; GRAPE; LEMON; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; REVIEW;

EID: 0037373214     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00723-9     Document Type: Review

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