Cloning and characterization of mevalonate pathway genes in a natural rubber producing plant, hevea brasiliensis

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2049-2060

  Sando, Tomoki ^a,f   Takaoka, Chika ^a,g   Mukai, Yukio ^b   Yamashita, Atsushi ^c   Hattori, Masahira ^d   Ogasawara, Naotake ^e   Fukusaki, Eiichiro ^a   Kobayashi, Akio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGAHAMA INSTITUTE OF BIO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^g Tamanoi Vinegar Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

cis polyisoprene; Hevea brasiliensis; Mevalonate (MVA) pathway; Natural rubber; Yeast complementation

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RUBBER;

CIS-POLYISOPRENE; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; MEVALONATE (MVA) PATHWAY; NATURAL RUBBER; YEAST COMPLEMENTATION;

GENES;

MEVALONIC ACID; RUBBER; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEVEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEVEA; MEVALONIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RUBBER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 50649109455     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.80165     Document Type: Article

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