Geraniol synthases from perilla and their taxonomical significance

Phytochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 446-453

  Ito, Michiho ^a   Honda, Gisho ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphidiploid; Biosynthetic pathway; Essential oil; Furylalkene; Geraniol synthase; Labiatae; Molecular cloning; Perilla; Perilla citriodora; Perilla frutescens

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GERANIOL; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; PLANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TERPENE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERILLA; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PERILLA; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TERPENES;

LAMIACEAE; PERILLA; PERILLA CITRIODORA; PERILLA FRUTESCENS;

EID: 33846635480     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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