Metabolic flux analysis of diterpene biosynthesis pathway in rice

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1375-1380

  Chang, Yung Jin ^a   Kim, Bo Ra ^a   Kim, Soo Un ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diterpene cyclase; Metabolic flux; Rice

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM;

DITERPENE CYCLASES; METABOLIC FLUX; RICE;

ENZYMES;

ABIETADIENE CYCLASE; DITERPENE; ENT KAURENE SYNTHETASE B; ENT-KAURENE SYNTHETASE B; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; GIBBERELLIN; ISOMERASE; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; LYASE; PHYTOALEXINS; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT RNA; STEMAR 13 ENE SYNTHASE; STEMAR-13-ENE SYNTHASE; TERPENE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; DITERPENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; ISOMERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TERPENES;

EID: 29144500821     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-005-3684-7     Document Type: Article

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