Cloning and functional analysis of a fructosyltransferase cDNA for synthesis of highly polymerized levans in timothy (Phleum pratense L.)

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 893-905

  Tamura, Ken Ichi ^a   Kawakami, Akira ^b   Sanada, Yasuharu ^a   Tase, Kazuhiro ^a   Komatsu, Toshinori ^a   Yoshida, Midori ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fructan; Fructosyltransferase (FT); Levan; Phleum pratense L.; Sucrose:fructan 6 fructosyltransferase (6 SFT); Timothy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FRUCTAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INULOSUCRASE; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SUCROSE; SUCROSE - FRUCTAN 6-FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUCROSE FRUCTAN 6 FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; COLD; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PHYLOGENY; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FRUCTANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHLEUM; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUCROSE; TRITICUM;

PHLEUM PRATENSE; PICHIA PASTORIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 62349103968     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern337     Document Type: Article

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