Glucosyltransferase: The gene arrangement and enzyme function

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4 B, 2004, Pages 935-946

  Lorenc Kukuła, Katarzyna ^a   Korobczak, Alina ^a   Aksamit Stachurska, Anna ^a   Kostyń, Kamil ^a   Łukaszewicz, Marcin ^a   Szopa, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Glucosylation; Glucosyltransferase Gene

Indexed keywords

3 O GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; 5 O GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; 7 O GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ANTHOCYANIN; CYANIDIN; DELPHINIDIN; FLAVONOID; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MALVIDIN CHLORIDE; PELARGONIDIN; PEONIDIN; PETUNIDIN CHLORIDE; RHAMNOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COLD TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GLYCOSYLATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT TUBER; POTATO; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 13244252249     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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