Functional expression and characterization of sesquiterpene synthases from Artemisia annua L. using transient expression system in Nicotiana benthamiana

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1309-1319

  Kanagarajan, Selvaraju ^a   Muthusamy, Saraladevi ^a   Gliszczyńska, Anna ^a,b   Lundgren, Anneli ^a   Brodelius, Peter E ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

11 diene synthase; Agroinfiltration; Amorpha 4; Artemisia annua; Epi cedrol synthase; Nicotiana benthamiana; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

AMORPHA 4,11 DIENE SYNTHASE; AMORPHA-4,11-DIENE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SESQUITERPENE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; RHIZOBIUM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VECTORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SESQUITERPENES; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; AMORPHA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; COWPEA MOSAIC VIRUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; RHIZOBIUM; TOMATO BUSHY STUNT VIRUS;

EID: 84862493162     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-012-1250-z     Document Type: Article

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