Functional characterization of the rice kaurene synthase-like gene family

Phytochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 312-326

  Xu, Meimei ^a   Ross Wilderman, P ^a   Morrone, Dana ^a   Xu, Jianjun ^b   Roy, Arnab ^b   Margis Pinheiro, Marcia ^c   Upadhyaya, Narayana M ^c   Coates, Robert M ^b   Peters, Reuben J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

ent cassadiene synthase; ent isokaurene synthase; ent kaurene synthase; ent sandaracopimaradiene synthase; Gene family evolution; Labdane related diterpenoids; Natural products biosynthesis; Orzya sativa; Phytoalexin; Plant defense; Poaceae; syn pimaradiene synthase; syn stemarene synthase; syn stemodene synthase; Terpene synthase

Indexed keywords

KAURENE SYNTHETASE; PRIMER DNA; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORYZA SATIVA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

JAPONICA; ORYZA SATIVA; ORZYA; POACEAE;

EID: 33846231823     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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