Full-length cDNA cloning and bioinformatics analysis of PnUGT1 gene in Panax notoginseng

Yaoxue Xuebao

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1085-1091

  Xiang, Li ^a   Guo, Xu ^a   Niu, Yun Yun ^a   Chen, Shi Lin ^a   Luo, Hong Mei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Panax notoginseng; Secondary metabolism; Triterpene saponin; UDP glucosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PNUGT1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PANAX NOTOGINSENG; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PANAX NOTOGINSENG; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84867620632     PISSN: 05134870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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