Dirigent phenoxy radical coupling: Advances and challenges

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 398-406

  Davin, Laurence B ^a   Lewis, Norman G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS; RADICAL COUPLING; REGIOSPECIFIC CONTROL;

BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; PHENOXY RESINS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ALCOHOL; BINDING PROTEIN; ELLAGITANNIN; ENTEROLACTONE; ETOPOFOS; ETOPOSIDE; LIGNAN; LIGNIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PINORESINOL; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PROTEIN; TENIPOSIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASPARAGUS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREAST CANCER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; JAPANESE CEDAR; LINSEED; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PODOPHYLLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

FREE RADICALS; LIGNANS; LIGNIN; PHENOLS; PLANTS;

EID: 23444445169     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.06.010     Document Type: Review

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