Molecular cloning and characterization of genes involved in rosmarinic acid biosynthesis from Prunella vulgaris

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1221-1227

  Kim, Yeon Bok ^a   Shin, You Jin ^a   Tuan, Pham Anh ^a   Li, Xiaohua ^a   Park, Yunji ^a   Park, Nam Il ^b   Park, Sang Un ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Phenylpropanoid pathway; Prunella vulgaris; Rosmarinic acid; Transcript level

Indexed keywords

4 COUMARATE COENZYME A LIGASE; CINNAMATE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; ROSMARINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEPSIDE; PLANT RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA ISOLATION; DRY WEIGHT; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRUNELLA; PRUNELLA VULGARIS; PV4CL1 GENE; PVC4H GENE; PVPAL GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT; PLANT GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CINNAMATES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEPSIDES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT ROOTS; PRUNELLA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84904706970     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b14-00139     Document Type: Article

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