Isolation and characterization of cDNAs encoding an enzyme with glucosyltransferase activity for cyclo-DOPA from four o'clocks and feather cockscombs

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 666-670

  Sasaki, Nobuhiro ^a   Wada, Katsuhiro ^b   Koda, Takatoshi ^b   Kasahara, Kichiji ^c   Adachi, Taiji ^d   Ozeki, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SAN EI GEN F F I INC   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University ^*  (Japan)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Betacyanin; Celosia cristata; Cyclo DOPA; Glucosyltransferase; Mirabilis jalapa

Indexed keywords

BETACYANIN; BETANIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PLANT DNA; UDP GLUCOSE:CYCLO DOPA 5 O GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE, MIRABILIS JALAPA; UDP-GLUCOSE:CYCLO-DOPA 5-O-GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE, MIRABILIS JALAPA;

ARTICLE; CELOSIA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MIRABILIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

BETACYANINS; CELOSIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INDOLES; MIRABILIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

CELOSIA; CELOSIA CRISTATA; MIRABILIS; MIRABILIS JALAPA; NYCTAGINACEAE;

EID: 18444398971     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci064     Document Type: Article

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