Isolation and partial characterisation of a putative monoterpene synthase from Melaleuca alternifolia

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 875-882

  Shelton, Dale ^a   Zabaras, Dimitrios ^b   Chohan, Shahid ^b   Wyllie, S Grant ^b   Baverstock, Peter ^a   Leach, David ^a   Henry, Robert ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Melaleuca alternifolia; Monoterpene synthase

Indexed keywords

ISOMERASE; PINENE CYCLASE I; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MELALEUCA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE LIBRARY; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MELALEUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOTERPENES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA;

EID: 13244276452     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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