Differential expression of fatty acid synthase genes, Acl, Fat and Kas, in Capsicum fruit

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 388, 2003, Pages 1655-1664

  Aluru, Maneesha R ^a,c   Mazourek, Michael ^b   Landry, Laurie G ^b   Curry, Jeanne ^a   Jahn, Molly ^b   O'Connell, Mary A ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branched chain fatty acids; Capsaicinoids; Genome mapping; Pungency

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; GENES;

CANDIDATE GENES;

FRUITS;

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; CAPSAICIN; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; OLEOYL (ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN) HYDROLASE; OLEOYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) HYDROLASE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PEPPER; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

3-OXOACYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES;

CAPSICUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037898122     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg176     Document Type: Article

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