Cloning and characterization of a root-specific expressing gene encoding 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase from Ginkgo biloba

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-127

  Shen, Guoan ^a   Pang, Yongzhen ^b   Wu, Weisheng ^b   Liao, Zhihua ^c   Zhao, Lingxia ^a   Sun, Xiaofen ^b   Tang, Kexuan ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxy 3 methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase; Cloning; Ginkgo biloba; RACE

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ISOPRENOID; MEVALONIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GBHMGR GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GINKGO BILOBA; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GINKGO BILOBA; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA-REDUCTASES, NADP-DEPENDENT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 33745610872     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-006-0014-7     Document Type: Article

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