PCR amplification and cloning of tyrosine decarboxylase involved in synephrine biosynthesis in Citrus

New Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 308-316

  Bartley, Glenn E ^a   Breksa, Andrew P ^a   Ishida, Betty K ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONE CELLS; CLONING; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYMES; GENES; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS; CITRUS SPECIES; PCR AMPLIFICATION; PYRIDOXAL 5' PHOSPHATES; TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE; WEIGHT MANAGEMENT;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXEDRINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; TYRAMINE; TYROSINE; TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CITRUS FRUIT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECARBOXYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; MANDARIN; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATSUMA; SOUR ORANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CITRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CITRUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNEPHRINE; TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE;

EID: 77955093017     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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