Two terpene synthases are responsible for the major sesquiterpenes emitted from the flowers of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa)

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3203-3219

  Nieuwenhuizen, Niels J ^a   Wang, Mindy Y ^a   Matich, Adam J ^a   Green, Sol A ^a   Chen, Xiuyin ^a   Yauk, Yar Khing ^a   Beuning, Lesley L ^a   Nagegowda, Dinesh A ^b   Dudareva, Natalia ^b   Atkinson, Ross G ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

farnesene; Actinidia; Floral volatiles; Germacrene D; Kiwifruit; Ocimene; Terpene; Terpene synthases

Indexed keywords

SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KIWIFRUIT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACTINIDIA; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SESQUITERPENES;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA;

EID: 70349137183     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp162     Document Type: Article

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