FaQR, required for the biosynthesis of the strawberry flavor compound 4-hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone, encodes an enone oxidoreductase

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1023-1037

  Raab, Thomas ^a   López Ráez, Juan Antonio ^b   Klein, Dorothée ^c   Caballero, Jose Luis ^b   Moyano, Enriqueta ^b   Schwab, Wilfried ^c   Muñoz Blanco, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ENZYMES;

AROMA COMPOUNDS; HDMF; OXIDOREDUCTASE; STRAWBERRIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 33745453677     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.039784     Document Type: Article

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