Biosynthetic diversity in plant triterpene cyclization

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-314

  Phillips, Dereth R ^a   Rasbery, Jeanne M ^a   Bartel, Bonnie ^a   Matsuda, Seiichi PT ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANOSTEROL SYNTHASE; MUTASE; TRITERPENE;

CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT; REVIEW;

CYCLIZATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; PLANTS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 33646126286     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2006.03.004     Document Type: Review

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