Cloning and functional characterization of β-phellandrene synthase from Lavandula angustifolia

Planta

Volumn 233, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 685-696

  Demissie, Zerihun A ^a   Sarker, Lukman S ^a   Mahmoud, Soheil S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Phellandrene; Essential oil; L. angustifolia; Monoterpene synthases; Terpene biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA-PHELLANDRENE; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; TERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LAVENDER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLOHEXENES; ENZYME ASSAYS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LAVANDULA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 79953053427     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-010-1332-5     Document Type: Article

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