Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a monoterpene synthase isolated from the aromatic wild shrub Thymus albicans

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Filipe A, Cardoso JCR, Miguel G, Anjos L, Trindade H, Figueiredo AC, Barroso J, Power DM, Marques NT Journal of Plant Physiology, 2017 ABSTRACT: The essential oil of Thymus albicans Hoffmanns. & Link, a native shrub from the Iberian Peninsula, is mainly composed of monoterpenes. In this study, a 1,8-cineole synthase was isolated from the 1,8-cineole chemotype. A partial sequence that lacked the complete plastid… Read more »