An in silico assessment of gene function and organization of the phenylpropanoid pathway metabolic networks in Arabidopsis thaliana and limitations thereof

Phytochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1097-1112

  Costa, Michael A ^a   Collins, R Eric ^a   Anterola, Aldwin M ^a   Cochrane, Fiona C ^a   Davin, Laurence B ^a   Lewis, Norman G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cruciferae; Digital northern; Expressed sequence tags (ESTs); Functional analysis; In silico; Lignin lignan biosynthesis; Metabolic networks; Phenylpropanoid acetate pathway; Sporopollenin; Suberization

Indexed keywords

4 COUMARATE 3 HYDROXYLASE; CINNAMATE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; CINNAMIC ACID O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CINNAMOYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; FERULATE 5 HYDROXYLASE; GENE PRODUCT; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; PHENYLPROPANOID; PROPANE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA BASE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0142058136     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00517-X     Document Type: Article

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