Squalene cyclase and oxidosqualene cyclase from a fern

FEBS Letters

Volumn 582, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 310-318

  Shinozaki, Junichi ^a   Shibuya, Masaaki ^a   Masuda, Kazuo ^b   Ebizuka, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adiantum capillus veneris; Ferns; Hydroxyhopane synthase; Oxidosqualene cyclase; Squalene cyclase; Triterpene

Indexed keywords

CYCLOARTERNOL SYNTHASE; DIPLOPTEROL; ENZYME; HOPANOID; OXIDOSQUALENE CYCLASE; SQUALENE CYCLASE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACX GENE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERN; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; LYASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 38049088826     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.12.023     Document Type: Article

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