Gene clustering in plant specialized metabolism

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 91-99

  Nützmann, Hans Wilhelm ^a   Osbourn, Anne ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMOLECULES; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES;

BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER; DIFFERENT CLASS; GENE CLUSTERING; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; PLANT SPECIES; SALIENT FEATURES; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BAHD ACYLTRANSFERASE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CYTOCHROME P450; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; DIOXYGENASE; ENZYME; INDOLE 3 GLYCEROL PHOSPHATE LYASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SERINE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE LIKE ACYLTRANSFERASE; SUGAR TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT PRODUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENOME, PLANT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANTS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84887586519     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.10.009     Document Type: Review

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