A methyltransferase essential for the methoxypyrazine-derived flavour of wine

Plant Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 606-617

  Dunlevy, Jake D ^a,b   Dennis, Eric G ^a,b   Soole, Kathleen L ^a   Perkins, Michael V ^a   Davies, Christopher ^b   Boss, Paul K ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

aroma; grape; methoxypyrazine; methyltransferase; Vitis vinifera; wine

Indexed keywords

AROMA; GRAPE; METHOXYPYRAZINE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; VITIS VINIFERA;

BIOCHEMISTRY; GENES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WINE;

FRUITS;

HEXAPODA; VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA;

2 ISOBUTYL 3 METHOXYPYRAZINE; 2-ISOBUTYL-3-METHOXYPYRAZINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PYRAZINE DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AROMA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GRAPE; METABOLISM; METHOXYPYRAZINE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VITIS; WINE;

AROMA; GRAPE; METHOXYPYRAZINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; VITIS VINIFERA; WINE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FRUIT; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC STRUCTURES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PYRAZINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VITIS; WINE;

EID: 84882451441     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12224     Document Type: Article

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