p-Coumarate: CoA ligase as a key gene in the yield of catechins in tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze]

Functional and Integrative Genomics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-275

  Rani, Arti ^a   Singh, Kashmir ^a,b   Sood, Payal ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Ahuja, P S ^a  

^a Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR)   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

4 Coumarate:CoA ligase; Catechin; Flavonoids; Phenylpropanoid; Tea

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; LIGASE; PARA COUMARIC ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DROUGHT STRESS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT YIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COENZYME A LIGASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; DOWN-REGULATION; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 63649130869     PISSN: 1438793X     EISSN: 14387948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10142-008-0098-3     Document Type: Article

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