Monoterpene biosynthesis pathway construction in Escherichia coli

Phytochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 425-433

  Carter, Ora A ^a,b   Peters, Reuben J ^a,c   Croteau, Rodney ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carveol dehydrogenase; Carvone biosynthesis; Escherichia coli; Gene overexpression; Geranyl diphosphate synthase; Limonene synthase; Limonene 6 hydroxylase; Spearmint monoterpenes

Indexed keywords

CARVEOL; CARVONE; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; LIMONENE; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MENTHA SPICATA;

EID: 0141794487     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00204-8     Document Type: Article

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