Molecular cloning, Escherichia coli expression and genomic organization of squalene synthase gene from Artemisia annua

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 608-613

  Liu, Yan ^a   Ye, He Chun ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Li, Guo Feng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua; Cloning; Escherichia coli overexpression; Genomic organization; Squalene synthase

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PROKARYOTA; VECTORS;

EID: 0042354168     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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