Triterpene synthases from the Okinawan mangrove tribe, Rhizophoraceae

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 5028-5042

  Basyuni, Mohammad ^a   Oku, Hirosuke ^b   Tsujimoto, Etsuko ^b   Kinjo, Kazuhiko ^b   Baba, Shigeyuki ^b   Takara, Kensaku ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lamk.; Mangrove; Molecular evolution; Oxidosqualene cyclases; Rhizophora stylosa Griff

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA AMYRIN; BGBAS ENZYME; BGLUS ENZYME; GERMANICOL; LANOSTEROL SYNTHASE; LUPEOL; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN GAL1; RSM1 ENZYME; RSM2 ENZYME; TARAXEROL; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRUGUIERA GYMNORRHIZA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; MANGROVE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOPHORA STYLOSA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRITERPENES;

BRUGUIERA GYMNORHIZA; RHIZOPHORA STYLOSA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34748823517     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06025.x     Document Type: Article

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