Ectopic terpene synthase expression enhances sesquiterpene emission in Nicotiana attenuata without altering defense or development of transgenic plants or neighbors

Plant Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 779-797

  Schuman, Meredith C ^a   Palmer Young, Evan C ^a,b   Schmidt, Axel ^a   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a   Baldwin, Ian T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; OXYLIPIN; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CYCLOPENTANES; OXYLIPINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SESQUITERPENES; TOBACCO; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84907764730     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.247130     Document Type: Article

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