Evolution of the key alkaloid enzyme putrescine N-methyltransferase from spermidine synthase

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Junker, Anne ^a   Fischer, Juliane ^b   Sichhart, Yvonne ^a   Brandt, Wolfgang ^b   Dräger, Birgit ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Datura stramonium; Evolution; Homology modeling; Putrescine N methyltransferase; Spermidine synthase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900789620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00260     Document Type: Article

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