A bifunctional geranyl and geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase is involved in terpene oleoresin formation in Picea abies

Plant Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 639-655

  Schmidt, Axel ^a,d   Wächtler, Betty ^a   Temp, Ulrike ^a   Krekling, Trygve ^b   Séguin, Armand ^c   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PICEA ABIES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 75949099154     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.144691     Document Type: Article

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