Characterization of two genes for the biosynthesis of the labdane diterpene Z-abienol in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) glandular trichomes

Plant Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Sallaud, Christophe ^a   Giacalone, Cécile ^b   Töpfer, Romy ^c   Goepfert, Simon ^d   Bakaher, Nicolas ^d   Rösti, Sandrine ^d   Tissier, Alain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE ALSACE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d Philip Morris Products SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

abienol; diterpene synthase; glandular trichomes; Nicotiana sylvestris; Nicotiana tabacum; tobacco; trichome specific promoter

Indexed keywords

ABIENOL; GLANDULAR TRICHOMES; NICOTIANA SYLVESTRIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SYNTHASES; TRICHOME-SPECIFIC PROMOTER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE EXPRESSION; OLEFINS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

TOBACCO;

ABIENOL; DITERPENE; KAURENE SYNTHETASE; NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT EXUDATE; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DITERPENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAPHTHOLS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT EXUDATES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOBACCO;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON HIRSUTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA SYLVESTRIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 84866738568     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05068.x     Document Type: Article

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