Expression of parsley flavone synthase I establishes the flavone biosynthetic pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 968-973

  Yun, Choong Soo ^a   Yamamoto, Tomio ^a   Nozawa, Akira ^a   Tozawa, Yuzuru ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apigenin; Arabidopsis thaliana; Flavone synthase type I; Naringenin

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEED;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FLAVONE SYNTHASE; NARINGENIN;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

APIGENIN; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE; FLAVONE SYNTHASE I; FLAVONOID; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; NARINGENIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PARSLEY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

APIGENIN; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PETROSELINUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM;

EID: 43549114491     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70692     Document Type: Article

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