Identification of white campion (Silene latifolia) guaiacol O-methyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of veratrole, a key volatile for pollinator attraction

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gupta, Alok K ^a,b   Akhtar, Tariq A ^c   Widmer, Alex ^b   Pichersky, Eran ^c   Schiestl, Florian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

1, 2 dimethoxybenzene; Floral scent; Hadena bicruris; Pollination; VOC

Indexed keywords

HADENA BICRURIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SILENE; SILENE DIOICA; SILENE LATIFOLIA; SILENE LATIFOLIA SUBSP. ALBA;

ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUAIACOL; METHYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VERATROLE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SILENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANISOLES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GUAIACOL; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLINATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SILENE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84865540477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-158     Document Type: Article

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