Molecular cloning and functional expression of a multifunctional triterpene synthase cDNA from a mangrove species Kandelia candel (L.) Druce

Phytochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2517-2524

  Basyuni, Mohammad ^a   Oku, Hirosuke ^b   Inafuku, Masashi ^a   Baba, Shigeyuki ^b   Iwasaki, Hironori ^b   Oshiro, Keichiro ^b   Okabe, Takafumi ^b   Shibuya, Masaaki ^c   Ebizuka, Yutaka ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyrin; Amyrin; Kandelia candel (L.) druce; Lupeol; Mangrove; Multifunctional triterpene synthase; Oxidosqualene cyclase; Rhizophoraceae

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRITERPENE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TRITERPENES;

KANDELIA CANDEL; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33750689113     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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