A tandem array of ent-Kaurene synthases in maize with roles in gibberellin and more specialized metabolism

Plant Physiology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 742-751

  Fu, Jingye ^a   Ren, Fei ^a   Lu, Xuan ^b   Mao, Hongjie ^a   Xu, Meimei ^b   Degenhardt, Jörg ^c   Peters, Reuben J ^b   Wang, Qiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENT-KAURENE SYNTHETASE B; GIBBERELLIN; KAURANE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOALEXINS; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DITERPENES, KAURANE; GIBBERELLINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SESQUITERPENES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84956734557     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01727     Document Type: Article

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