Jasmonates meet fatty acids: Functional analysis of a new acyl-coenzyme A synthetase family from Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 403-419

  Kienow, Lucie ^a   Schneider, Katja ^a   Bartsch, Michael ^a   Stuible, Hans Peter ^a   Weng, Hua ^b   Miersch, Otto ^c   Wasternack, Claus ^c   Kombrink, Erich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Fatty acyl CoA synthetase; Jasmonate biosynthesis; Oxylipins; Plant defence; Wound response

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; JASMONIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; OXYLIPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ARABIDOPSIS; COENZYME A LIGASES; CYCLOPENTANES; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXYLIPINS;

EID: 41649116914     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm325     Document Type: Article

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