Cloning and functional characterization of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase gene from Withania somnifera: An important medicinal plant

Protoplasma

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 613-622

  Akhtar, Nehal ^a   Gupta, Parul ^a   Sangwan, Neelam Singh ^b   Sangwan, Rajender Singh ^b   Trivedi, Prabodh Kumar ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Elicitor response; Medicinal plant; Mevalonate pathway; Withania somnifera; Withanolides; WsHMGR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875299358     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-012-0450-2     Document Type: Article

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