Cloning and characterization of α-pinene synthase from Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum

Holzforschung

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-74

  Chu, Fang Hua ^a   Kuo, Pei Min ^b   Chen, Yu Rong ^a   Wang, Sheng Yang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

pinene; Chamaecyparis formosensis; Cupressaceae; Terpene synthase

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEAT SHIELDING; HYDROCARBONS; LIGHT WEIGHT ROLLING STOCK; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLEFINS; ORGANIC ACIDS; TAXONOMIES;

BIOSYNTHESIS MECHANISMS; CHAMAECYPARIS FORMOSENSIS; CUPRESSACEAE; DIPHOSPHATE; E. COLI; GC/MS ANALYSES; GENE SEQUENCES; MASS SPECTRUMS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PCR METHODS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETENTION TIMES; TERPENE SYNTHASE;

ENZYMES;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS FORMOSENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 58149094715     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2009.019     Document Type: Article

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