Isolation, characterization, and function analysis of a flavonol synthase gene from Ginkgo biloba

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2285-2296

  Xu, Feng ^a   Li, Linling ^b   Zhang, Weiwei ^a   Cheng, Hua ^b   Sun, Nannan ^a   Cheng, Shuiyuan ^b   Wang, Yan ^c  

^a YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUANGGANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Huanggang Department of Forestry of Hubei Province   (China)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Flavonol synthase; Function; Gene expression; Ginkgo biloba; In vitro

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIHYDROKAEMPHEROL 7 GLUCOSIDE; ETHEPHON; FERROUS ION; FERTILIZER; FLAVONOL; FLAVONOL SYNTHASE; GENOMIC DNA; KAEMPFEROL; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE; NARINGENIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RECOMBINANT FLAVONOL SYNTHASE; SALICYLIC ACID; SUCROSE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; COLD STRESS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXON; FLAVONOL SYNTHASE GENE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; GINKGO BILOBA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLD TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GINKGO BILOBA; KAEMPFEROLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALICYLIC ACID; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUCROSE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 84863837001     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0978-9     Document Type: Article

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