Magnesium ion regulation of in vitro rubber biosynthesis by Parthenium argentatum Gray

Phytochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1621-1628

  da Costa, Bernardo M T ^a   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,c   McMahan, Colleen M ^d   Cornish, Katrina ^e  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Yulex Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

cis Prenyltransferase; Compositae; Euphorbiaceae; FPP; Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.; IPP; Magnesium; Parthenium argentatum; Regulation; Rubber transferase

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

ASTERACEAE; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RUBBER;

PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM;

EID: 33747381360     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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