BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINOTRANSFERASE4 is part of the chain elongation pathway in the biosynthesis of methionine-derived glucosinolates in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2664-2679

  Schuster, Joachim ^a   Knill, Tanja ^a   Reichelt, Michael ^b   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^b   Binder, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CHAIN ELONGATION PATHWAY; GLUCOSINOLATE ACCUMULATION; GLUCOSINOLATE BIOSYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33750975632     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.039339     Document Type: Article

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