Cell type-specific localization of transcripts encoding nine consecutive enzymes involved in protoberberine alkaloid biosynthesis

Plant Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 915-926

  Samanani, Nailish ^a   Park, Sang Un ^a,b   Facchini, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Dongshin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CLONING; PROTEINS;

BENZYLISOQUINOLINE ALKALOIDS; CELL TYPE-SPECIFIC LOCALIZATION; L-DOPA; PROTOBERBERINE ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS;

ENZYMES;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSTS; CLONES; ENZYMES; PROTEINS;

PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; THALICTRUM; THALICTRUM FLAVUM;

BERBERINE; BERBERINE DERIVATIVE; CANADINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; PROTOBERBERINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PAPAVER; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THALICTRUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BERBERINE; BERBERINE ALKALOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAPAVER; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOME; RNA, PLANT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THALICTRUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 20444379109     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.028654     Document Type: Article

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