Genome-wide analyses of the structural gene families involved in the legume-specific 5-deoxyisoflavonoid biosynthesis of lotus japonicus

DNA Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-36

  Shimada, Norimoto ^a   Sato, Shusei ^b   Akashi, Tomoyoshi ^a   Nakamura, Yasukazu ^b   Tabata, Satoshi ^b   Ayabe, Shin Ichi ^a   Aoki, Toshio ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 deoxyflavonoid; Gene cluster; Isoflavonoid; Lotus japonicus; Phytoalexin

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; FLAVONOID; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PLANT DNA; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VESTITOL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; LOTUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; ENZYMES; FLAVONOIDS; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; ISOFLAVONES; LOTUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 34548380510     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: 17561663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsm004     Document Type: Article

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