Synthesis of 'cineole cassette' monoterpenes in Nicotiana section Alatae: Gene isolation, expression, functional characterization and phylogenetic analysis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 537-553

  Fähnrich, Anke ^a   Brosemann, Anne ^a   Teske, Laura ^a   Neumann, Madeleine ^a   Piechulla, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Terpineol; 'Cineole cassette'; 1,8 Cineole; Alatae; Monoterpene synthase; N. bonariensis; N. forgetiana; N. longiflora; N. mutabilis; Nicotiana

Indexed keywords

ISOMERASE; PINENE CYCLASE I; PLANT RNA; TERPENE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ODOR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FLOWERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOTERPENES; ODORS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA ALATA; NICOTIANA BONARIENSIS; NICOTIANA FORGETIANA; NICOTIANA LANGSDORFII; NICOTIANA LONGIFLORA; NICOTIANA SUAVEOLENS;

EID: 84864357715     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-012-9933-y     Document Type: Article

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