Identification and regulation of TPS04/GES, an Arabidopsis geranyllinalool synthase catalyzing the first step in the formation of the insect-induced volatile C16-homoterpene TMTT

Plant Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1152-1168

  Herde, Marco ^a   Gärtner, Katrin ^a   Köllner, Tobias G ^b   Fode, Benjamin ^a   Boland, Wilhelm ^b   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^b   Gatz, Christiane ^a   Tholl, Dorothea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; LIGASE; TERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; INSECT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; INSECTS; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TERPENES; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 48549091831     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.049478     Document Type: Article

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