Emergence of terpene cyclization in Artemisia annua

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Salmon, Melissa ^a   Laurendon, Caroline ^a   Vardakou, Maria ^a   Cheema, Jitender ^a   Defernez, Marianne ^b   Green, Sol ^c   Faraldos, Juan A ^d   O'Maille, Paul E ^a,b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHA 4,11 DIENE SYNTHASE; BETA FARNESENE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMORPHA-4,11-DIENE SYNTHASE; BETA-FARNESENE SYNTHASE; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; TRANSFERASE;

BREEDING; DICOTYLEDON; EMERGENCE; ENZYME; EPISTASIS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TERPENE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; CITRUS; CITRUS JUNOS; CYCLIZATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT BREEDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM;

AMORPHA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; CITRUS JUNOS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; CYCLIZATION; PYROPHOSPHATASES; TERPENES;

EID: 84947988750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7143     Document Type: Article

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