Isoprene synthesis in plants: Lessons from a transgenic tobacco model

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1043-1053

  Vickers, Claudia E ^a,c   Possell, Malcolm ^b,d   Laothawornkitkul, Jullada ^b   Ryan, Annette C ^b   Hewitt, C Nicholas ^b   Mullineaux, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Circadian rhythms; Isoprene synthase

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL EXTRACT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ERYTHRITOL; FOSFOMYCIN; FOSMIDOMYCIN; HEMITERPENE; ISOPRENE; ISOPRENE SYNTHASE; PENTANE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOSPHERE; CATALYSIS; CHLOROPLAST; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOPRENE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN; REACTION KINETICS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BIOCATALYSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUTADIENES; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL EXTRACTS; CHLOROPLASTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ERYTHRITOL; FOSFOMYCIN; HEMITERPENES; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIGHT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PENTANES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TEMPERATURE; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79955742421     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02303.x     Document Type: Article

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