Cloning of a cDNA probably encoding oxidosqualene cyclase associated with asiaticoside biosynthesis from Centella asiatica (L.) Urban

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 304-311

  Kim, Ok Tae ^a   Kim, Min Young ^a   Huh, Sun Mi ^a   Bai, Dong Gyu ^a   Ahn, Jun Cheul ^b   Hwang, Baik ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Seonam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amyrin synthase; Centella asiatica; Oxidosqualene cyclases; Triterpene saponins

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

Β-AMYRIN SYNTHASE; CENTELLA ASIATICA; OXIDOSQUALENE CYCLASES; TRITERPENE SAPONINS;

DNA;

2,3 OXIDOSQUALENE BETA AMYRIN CYCLASE; 2,3-OXIDOSQUALENE-BETA-AMYRIN-CYCLASE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ASIATICOSIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; LANOSTEROL SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; MUTASE; TRITERPENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

ACETIC ACIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CENTELLA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLOPENTANES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRITERPENES; UP-REGULATION;

CLONES; ENZYMES; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SYNTHESIS;

CENTELLA ASIATICA;

EID: 23644445493     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0927-y     Document Type: Article

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