Functional characterization of two new members of the caffeoyl CoA O-methyltransferase-like gene family from Vanilla planifolia reveals a new class of plastid-localized O-methyltransferases

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 475-488

  Widiez, Thomas ^a   Hartman, Thomas G ^b   Dudai, Nativ ^c   Yan, Qing ^a   Lawton, Michael ^a   Havkin Frenkel, Daphna ^a   Belanger, Faith C ^a  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Flavone; O methyltransferase (OMT); Plastid localization; Vanilla planifolia; Vanillin

Indexed keywords

CAFFEOYL COA O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CAFFEOYL-COA O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE LIBRARY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VANILLA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VANILLA;

CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ORCHIDACEAE; VANILLA PLANIFOLIA;

EID: 79960595381     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-011-9772-2     Document Type: Article

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