Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel tomato xylosyltransferase specific for gentisic acid

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4325-4338

  Tárraga, Susana ^a   Lisón, Purificación ^a   López Gresa, María Pilar ^a   Torres, Cristina ^a   Rodrigo, Ismael ^a   Bellés, José María ^a   Conejero, Vicente ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compatible interactions; gentisic acid; glycosylation; plant pathogens; salicylic acid; Solanum lycopersicum; xylosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

2,5-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; GENTISIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MESSENGER RNA; OXYLIPIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; UDP XYLOSE PROTEIN XYLOSYLTRANSFERASE; UDP XYLOSE-PROTEIN XYLOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TOMATO;

ACETIC ACIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLOPENTANES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENTISATES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OXYLIPINS; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SALICYLIC ACID; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PICHIA PASTORIS; SOLANUM;

EID: 77958023205     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq234     Document Type: Article

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