Molecular cloning and functional analysis of the gene encoding geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase from jatropha curcas

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 3342-3351

  Lin, Juan ^a   Jin, Yuan Jie ^a   Zhou, Xin ^a   Wang, Jing Ya ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic complementation; Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase; Jatropha curcas L.; Rapid amplification of cDNA ends

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DITERPENE; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; PHORBOL ESTER;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GYMNOSPERM; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

GYMNOSPERMAE; JATROPHA CURCAS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79951845700     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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