Characterization of a methyl jasmonate specific esterase in arabidopsis

Journal of the Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-33

  Koo, Yeon Jong ^a,b   Yoon, Eun Sil ^b   Seo, Jun Sung ^b   Kim, Ju Kon ^c   Choi, Yang Do ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

jasmonate carboxyl methyltransferase; jasmonic acid; methyl jasmonate; methyl jasmonate methyl esterase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874293502     PISSN: 17382203     EISSN: 2234344X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13765-012-2201-7     Document Type: Article

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