Molecular Cloning, Biochemical Characterization, and Differential Expression of an Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase Gene (AACT) of Brahmi (Bacopa monniera)

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 547-557

  Vishwakarma, Rishi K ^a   Ruby, ^a   Singh, Somesh ^a   Sonawane, Prashant D ^a   Srivastava, Sameer ^a   Kumari, Uma ^a   Santosh Kumar, R J ^a   Khan, Bashir M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetyl CoA C acetyltransferase; Bacopa monniera; Isoprenoid pathway; Triterpenoid saponin

Indexed keywords

BACOPA MONNIERI; DICOTYLEDONEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84877795993     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-012-0523-6     Document Type: Article

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