Occurrence of theobromine synthase genes in purine alkaloid-free species of Camellia plants

Planta

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 559-568

  Ishida, Mariko ^a   Kitao, Naoko ^a   Mizuno, Kouichi ^b   Tanikawa, Natsu ^c   Kato, Misako ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caffeine synthase; Camellia; N Methyltransferase; Purine alkaloid; Theobromine; Theobromine synthase

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; THEOBROMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAMELLIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THEOBROMINE;

CAMELLIA;

EID: 59449105343     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-008-0847-5     Document Type: Article

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