Molecular and functional characterization of novel furofuranclass lignan glucosyltransferases from Forsythia

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 317-324

  Ono, Eiichiro ^a   Kim, Hyun Jung ^b   Murata, Jun ^b   Morimoto, Kinuyo ^b   Okazawa, Atsushi ^c   Kobayashi, Akio ^c   Umezawa, Toshiaki ^d   Satake, Honoo ^b  

^a SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forsythia; Glucosylation; Lignan; Secondary metabolism; UGT

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORSYTHIA; FORSYTHIA VIRIDISSIMA VAR. KOREANA;

EID: 78049525217     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.27.317     Document Type: Article

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