A novel class of plant type III polyketide synthase involved in orsellinic acid biosynthesis from Rhododendron dauricum

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue September2016, 2016, Pages

  Taura, Futoshi ^a   Iijima, Miu ^a   Yamanaka, Eriko ^b   Takahashi, Hironobu ^c   Kenmoku, Hiromichi ^c   Saeki, Haruna ^a   Morimoto, Satoshi ^b   Asakawa, Yoshinori ^c   Kurosaki, Fumiya ^a   Morita, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Daurichromenic acid; Orcinol; Orsellinic acid; Plant type III polyketide synthase; Rhododendron dauricum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989816724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01452     Document Type: Article

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