Increased and Altered Fragrance of Tobacco Plants after Metabolic Engineering Using Three Monoterpene Synthases from Lemon

Plant Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 510-519

  Lücker, Joost ^a,c   Schwab, Wilfried ^b   Van Hautum, Bianca ^a   Blaas, Jan ^a   Van Der Plas, Linus H W ^a   Bouwmeester, Harro J ^a   Verhoeven, Harrie A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLITES; TOBACCO;

GENETIC MODIFICATIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 13744265402     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.030189     Document Type: Article

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