Functional characterization and differential expression studies of squalene synthase from Withania somnifera

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 8803-8812

  Gupta, Neha ^a   Sharma, Poonam ^a   Santosh Kumar, R J ^a   Vishwakarma, Rishi K ^a   Khan, B M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Gas chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GC MS); QRT PCR; Squalene synthase; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SQUALENE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; POTATO; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOBACCO; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARNESYL-DIPHOSPHATE FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WITHANIA;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 84865150041     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-1743-4     Document Type: Article

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