Cloning and characterization of two different types of geranyl diphosphate synthases from Norway spruce (Picea abies)

Phytochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-57

  Schmidt, Axel ^a   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conifer defense; Fagaceae; Geranyl diphosphate synthase; Gymnosperm; Isoprenyl diphosphate synthase; Methyl jasmonate; Monoterpenes; Picea abies; Pinaceae; Prenyltransferase; Quercus robur

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; DITERPENE; GERANYL DIPHOSPHATE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; OXYLIPIN; PYROPHOSPHATE; TERPENE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OAK; PHYLOGENY; SPRUCE;

ACETIC ACIDS; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLOPENTANES; DIPHOSPHATES; DITERPENES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYLIPINS; PHYLOGENY; PICEA; QUERCUS; TERPENES;

ABIES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CONIFEROPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAGACEAE; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; PINACEAE; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 37149037427     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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