Cloning and expression of a farnesyl diphosphate synthase in Centella asiatica (L.) urban

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 294-299

  Kim, Ok Tae ^a   Ahn, Jun Cheul ^b   Hwang, Sung Jin ^c   Hwang, Baik ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Seonam University   (South Korea)

^c Dongshin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Centella asiatica; Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase; Isoprenoid Pathway; Triterpenoid Saponins

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPRENOID; PLANT DNA; PRIMER DNA; SAPONIN; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RICE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; CENTELLA; CENTELLA ASIATICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYZA SATIVA;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CENTELLA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 26044466736     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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