Volatile emissions of scented Alstroemeria genotypes are dominated by terpenes, and a myrcene synthase gene is highly expressed in scented Alstroemeria flowers

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2739-2752

  Aros, Danilo ^a,d   Gonzalez, Veronica ^b   Allemann, Rudolf K ^b   Müller, Carsten T ^a   Rosati, Carlo ^c   Rogers, Hilary J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Trisaia Research Center   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alstroemeria; caryophyllene; gene expression; humulene; myrcene; scent emission; terpene synthase; volatiles

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ISOMERASE; MYRCENE; TERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALSTROEMERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VOLATILIZATION;

ALKENES; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ALSTROEMERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOTERPENES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TERPENES; VOLATILIZATION;

ALSTROEMERIA; ALSTROEMERIA CARYOPHYLLAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84861015114     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err456     Document Type: Article

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