Cloning and functional expression of cycloartenol synthases from mangrove species Rhizophora stylosa Griff. and Kandelia candel (L.) Druce

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1788-1792

  Basyuni, Mohammad ^a   Oku, Hirosuke ^b   Tsujimoto, Etsuko ^b   Baba, Shigeyuki ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cycloartenol synthase; Kandelia candel (L.) Druce; Mangrove; Oxidosqualene cyclase; Rhizophora stylosa Griff.

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; DNA; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CYCLOARTENOL SYNTHASE; MANGROVES; OXIDOSQUALENE CYCLASE; RHIZOPHORA STYLOSA GRIFF;

ENZYMES;

CYCLOARTENOL SYNTHASE; MUTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

KANDELIA CANDEL; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; RHIZOPHORA STYLOSA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34548392255     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70113     Document Type: Article

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