Genetic screening identifies cyanogenesis-deficient mutants of Lotus japonicus and reveals enzymatic specificity in hydroxynitrile glucoside metabolism

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1605-1619

  Takos, Adam ^a   Lai, Daniela ^a   Mikkelsen, Lisbeth ^a   Hachem, Maher Abou ^b   Shelton, Dale ^a   Motawia, Mohammed Saddik ^a   Olsen, Carl Erik ^a   Wang, Trevor L ^a,c   Martin, Cathie ^a,c   Rook, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS;

CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES; GLYCOSIDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYDROLYSIS; LOTUS; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALLELES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC TESTING; GLYCOSIDES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; HYDROLYSIS; LOTUS; METABOLOME; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO;

EID: 77954417148     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.073502     Document Type: Article

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