Terpene synthases of oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) and their roles in the pathway and regulation of terpene biosynthesis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 587-603

  Crocoll, Christoph ^a   Asbach, Julia ^a   Novak, Johannes ^b   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a   Degenhardt, Jörg ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Terpinene; Essential oil; Origanum vulgare L.; Terpene synthase; Thymol; Transcript regulation

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; ISOENZYME; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE OIL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OREGANO; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ISOENZYMES; MONOTERPENES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SESQUITERPENES; TERPENES;

ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE;

EID: 77954391265     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-010-9636-1     Document Type: Article

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