Biochemical and structural characterization of benzenoid carboxyl methyltransferases involved in floral scent production in Stephanotis floribunda and Nicotiana suaveolens

Plant Physiology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1946-1955

  Pott, Marcella B ^a,e   Hippauf, Frank ^a   Saschenbrecker, Sandra ^a,f   Chen, Feng ^b   Ross, Jeannine ^d   Kiefer, Ingrid ^c   Slusarenko, Alan ^c   Noel, Joseph P ^d   Pichersky, Eran ^b   Effmert, Uta ^a   Piechulla, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYMES;

FLORAL SCENTS; METHYL BENZOATE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION; PLANTS;

CLARKIA; CLARKIA BREWERI; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA SUAVEOLENS; STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA;

EID: 4444234188     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.041806     Document Type: Article

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