The primary in vivo steroidal alkaloid glucosyltransferase from potato

Phytochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1590-1597

  McCue, Kent F ^a   Allen, Paul V ^a   Shepherd, Louise V T ^b   Blake, Alison ^b   Whitworth, Jonathan ^c   Maccree, M Malendia ^a   Rockhold, David R ^a   Stewart, Derek ^b   Davies, Howard V ^b   Belknap, William R ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c United States Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaconine; Molecular genetics; Potato; Sgt1; Sgt2; Solanaceae; Solanine; Solanum tuberosum; Steroidal glycoalkaloids; UDP glucose:solanidine glucosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKALOIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33747176007     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.09.037     Document Type: Article

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