Acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase regulates the mevalonate pathway during abiotic stress adaptation

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5699-5711

  Soto, Gabriela ^a,b   Stritzler, Margarita ^a   Lisi, Christian ^a   Alleva, Karina ^b,c   Pagano, María Elba ^a   Ardila, Fernando ^a   Mozzicafreddo, Matteo ^d   Cuccioloni, Massimiliano ^d   Angeletti, Mauro ^d   Ayub, Nicolás Daniel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; acetoacetyl CoA thiolase; isoprenoid; MVA pathway; thiolase II

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MEVALONIC ACID; PRAVASTATIN; SQUALENE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACETYL-COA C-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEVALONIC ACID; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PRAVASTATIN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUALENE;

EID: 82255192709     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err287     Document Type: Article

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