Characterisation of recombinant Hevea brasiliensis allene oxide synthase: Effects of cycloxygenase inhibitors, lipoxygenase inhibitors and salicyclate on enzyme activity

• Main Authors: Norton, Gareth, Pappusamy, Arokiaraj, Yusof, Faridah, Pujade-Renaud, Valerie, Perkins, Mark, Griffiths, David, Jones, Heddwyn
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2007
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/24659/1/P_14.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/24659/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S098194280700006X
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Mechanical wounding and jasmonic acid (JA) treatment have been shown to be important factors in controlling laticifer differentiation in Hevea brasiliensis (rubber tree). With the long-term aim of potentially modifying the endogenous levels of JA in H. brasiliensis by gene transfer, we describe in t...