The family of terpene synthases in plants: A mid-size family of genes for specialized metabolism that is highly diversified throughout the kingdom

Plant Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 212-229

  Chen, Feng ^a   Tholl, Dorothea ^b   Bohlmann, Jörg ^c   Pichersky, Eran ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative genomics; gene family evolution; molecular phylogeny; neofunctionalization; terpene synthase subfamily; transit peptide

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; GENE FAMILIES; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEOFUNCTIONALIZATION; SYNTHASES; TRANSIT PEPTIDE;

ENZYMES; GENE ENCODING; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; PEPTIDES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EXPANSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

OLEFINS;

TERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TERPENES;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA MOELLENDORFFII;

EID: 79953251042     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04520.x     Document Type: Article

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