Molecular cloning, characterization and heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae of a mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase cDNA from Ginkgo biloba

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-27

  Pang, Yongzhen ^a   Shen, Guo An ^b   Bergès, Thierry ^c   Cardier, Helene ^d   Wu, Weisheng ^a   Sun, Xiaofen ^a   Tang, Kexuan ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d INSA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DNA; ENZYMES; METABOLITES; YEAST;

ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE (IPP); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPT ACCUMULATION ANALYSIS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

GINKGO BILOBA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33645890547     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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