Functional Identification of Valerena-1,10-diene Synthase, a Terpene Synthase Catalyzing a Unique Chemical Cascade in the Biosynthesis of Biologically Active Sesquiterpenes inValeriana officinalis

Enzymatic synthesis of valerena-4,7(11)-diene by a unique sesquiterpene synthase from the valerian plant (Valeriana officinalis)

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Differential gene and transcript expression analysis of RNA-seq experiments with TopHat and Cufflinks

(2012) Cole Trapnell et al.   Nature Protocols

The Pfam protein families database

(2011) M. Punta et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The family of terpene synthases in plants: a mid-size family of genes for specialized metabolism that is highly diversified throughout the kingdom

(2011) Feng Chen et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Concise Synthesis of Valerena-4,7(11)-diene, a Highly Active Sedative, from Valerenic Acid

(2010) Takashi KITAYAMA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Diterpene cyclases and the nature of the isoprene fold

(2010) Rong Cao et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

TopHat: discovering splice junctions with RNA-Seq

(2009) Cole Trapnell et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Evaluation of volatile components from spikenard: valerena-4,7(11)-diene is a highly active sedative compound

(2009) Hiroaki Takemoto et al.   Journal of Natural Medicines

Valeriana officinalis root extracts have potent anxiolytic effects in laboratory rats

(2009) K. Murphy et al.   PHYTOMEDICINE

Broad connections in the Arabidopsis seed metabolic network revealed by metabolite profiling of an amino acid catabolism mutant

(2009) Liping Gu et al.   PLANT JOURNAL