Cloning and expression analysis of squalene synthase, a key enzyme involved in antifungal steroidal glycoalkaloids biosynthesis from Solanum nigrum

Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 242-248

  Sun, Yi ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Lou, Hongxiang ^a   Cheng, Aixia ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fusarium oxysporum; Solanum nigrum; squalene synthase; steroidal glycoalkaloids

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008734374     PISSN: 18817831     EISSN: 1881784X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5582/ddt.2012.v6.5.242     Document Type: Article

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