A new farnesyl diphosphate synthase gene from Taxus media Rehder: Cloning, characterization and functional complementation

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 692-699

  Liao, Zhi Hua ^a,b   Chen, Min ^b   Gong, Yi Fu ^c,d   Li, Zhu Gang ^c   Zuo, Kai Jing ^c   Wang, Peng ^a   Tan, Feng ^b   Sun, Xiao Fen ^a   Tang, Ke Xuan ^a,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Farnesyl diphosphate synthase; Rapid amplification of cDNA ends; Taxus media; Yeast complementation

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DNA; GENE; PLANT;

EUKARYOTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; PROKARYOTA; TAXUS; TAXUS X MEDIA;

EID: 33744950358     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2006.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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