A copal-8-ol diphosphate synthase from the angiosperm Cistus creticus subsp. creticus is a putative key enzyme for the formation of pharmacologically active, oxygen-containing labdane-type diterpenes

Plant Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 301-310

  Falara, Vasiliki ^a,b   Pichersky, Eran ^a   Kanellis, Angelos K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURSERA FAGAROIDES; CISTUS; CISTUS CRETICUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77956656821     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.159566     Document Type: Article

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