Monoterpene metabolism. Cloning, expression, and characterization of menthone reductases from peppermint

Plant Physiology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 873-881

  Davis, Edward M ^a   Ringer, Kerry L ^a   McConkey, Marie E ^a,b   Croteau, Rodney ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DNA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; RNA;

MONOTERPENE METABOLISM; REDOX-TYPE ENZYMES;

METABOLISM;

CLONES; ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MENTHA; MENTHA X PIPERITA;

MENTHOL; MENTHONE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MENTHA PIPERITA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; MENTHA PIPERITA; MENTHOL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 20444446002     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.053306     Document Type: Article

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