cDNA cloning and expression of isoflavonoid-specific glucosyltransferase from Glycyrrhiza echinata cell-suspension cultures

Planta

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 456-459

  Nagashima, Shigeyuki ^a   Inagaki, Rieko ^a   Kubo, Akiko ^a   Hirotani, Masao ^a   Yoshikawa, Takafumi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Glucosyltransferase; Glycyrrhiza; Heterologous expression; Isoflavonoid

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHELATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLONING; DNA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ISOFLAVONOIDS;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GLYCYRRHIZA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCYRRHIZA; ISOFLAVONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA ECHINATA; SCUTELLARIA; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS;

EID: 0742285083     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-1118-0     Document Type: Article

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