DNA sequence and expression variation of hop (Humulus lupulus) valerophenone synthase (VPS), a key gene in bitter acid biosynthesis

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-273

  Castro, Consuelo B ^a   Whittock, Lucy D ^a,c   Whittock, Simon P ^a,b   Leggett, Grey ^b   Koutoulis, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Hop Products Australia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha acid; Bitter acids; Bitterness; Hop; Humulus lupulus; Real time qRT PCR; VPS (valerophenone synthase)

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; HUMULON; ISOVALERYL COA MALONYL COA ACYLTRANSFERASE; ISOVALERYL-COA MALONYL-COA ACYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT DNA; POLYUBIQUITIN; PRIMER DNA; TERPENE;

CLIMBING PLANT; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMORPHISM; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMULUS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLOHEXENES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PLANT; HUMULUS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYUBIQUITIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TERPENES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HUMULUS; HUMULUS LUPULUS;

EID: 47749092142     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn089     Document Type: Article

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