A novel O-methyltransferase involved in the first methylation step of yatein biosynthesis from matairesinol in Anthriscus sylvestris

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 375-384

  Ragamustari, Safendrri Komara ^a,b   Nakatsubo, Tomoyuki ^a   Hattori, Takefumi ^a,c   Ono, Eiichiro ^d   Kitamura, Yu ^a   Suzuki, Shiro ^a   Yamamura, Masaomi ^a   Umezawa, Toshiaki ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthriscus sylvestris; Lignan; O methyltransferase (OMT); Thujaplicatin; Yatein

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887871877     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.13.0527b     Document Type: Article

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