Targeted metabolite and transcript profiling for elucidating enzyme function: Isolation of novel N-methyltransferases from three benzylisoquinoline alkaloid-producing species

Plant Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 729-743

  Liscombe, David K ^a,c   Ziegler, Jörg ^a   Schmidt, Jürgen ^a   Ammer, Christian ^b   Facchini, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzylisoquinoline alkaloid; Expressed sequence tag; Metabolite profiling; N methyltransferase; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

BENZYLISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHSCHOLTZIA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PAPAVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THALICTRUM;

BENZYLISOQUINOLINES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ESCHSCHOLZIA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENOMICS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PAPAVER; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; THALICTRUM;

ESCHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA; PAPAVER BRACTEATUM; THALICTRUM FLAVUM;

EID: 72449148338     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03980.x     Document Type: Article

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