Virus-induced silencing of sterol biosynthetic genes: Identification of a Nicotiana tabacum L. obtusifoliol-14α-demethylase (CYP51) by genetic manipulation of the sterol biosynthetic pathway in Nicotiana benthamiana L.

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 388, 2003, Pages 1675-1683

  Burger, Céline ^a   Rondet, Sabine ^a   Benveniste, Pierre ^a   Schaller, Hubert ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

Author keywords

CYP51; Gene silencing; Nicotiana; Obtusifoliol 14 demethylase; Sterol biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); REDUCTION;

ENCODED ENZYMES;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT PROTEINS; POTEXVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0038235573     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg184     Document Type: Article

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