The Sg-1 glycosyltransferase locus regulates structural diversity of triterpenoid saponins of soybean

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2123-2138

  Sayama, Takashi ^a   Ono, Eiichiro ^a   Takagi, Kyoko ^b   Takada, Yoshitake ^c   Horikawa, Manabu ^d   Nakamoto, Yumi ^e   Hirose, Aya ^e   Sasama, Hiroko ^a   Ohashi, Mihoko ^e   Hasegawa, Hisakazu ^f   Terakawa, Teruhiko ^f   Kikuchi, Akio ^g   Kato, Shin ^h   Tatsuzaki, Nana ^h   Tsukamoto, Chigen ^h   Ishimotoa, Masao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^d SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^f Hokko Chemical Industry Company ^*  (Japan)

^g NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^h IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84863085006     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.095174     Document Type: Article

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