A genomic approach to isoflavone biosynthesis in kudzu (Pueraria lobata)

Planta

Volumn 233, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 843-855

  He, XianZhi ^b   Blount, Jack W ^b   Ge, Shujun ^a   Tang, Yuhong ^b   Dixon, Richard A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chalcone isomerase; Glycosyltransferase; Isoflavone biosynthesis; Pueraria lobata

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PUERARIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PUERARIA;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENOMICS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; ISOFLAVONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PUERARIA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PUERARIA; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA;

EID: 79953052392     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-010-1344-1     Document Type: Article

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