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Terpene Synthase Activity

Terpene Synthase Activity is a biochemical process that catalyzes the conversion of prenyl diphosphate precursors into terpenoid skeletons, distinguishing it from other enzymatic activities by its specific role in initiating terpene diversity through cyclization, rearrangement, or elimination reactions in secondary metabolite biosynthesis.

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Structural Basis for Cyclic Terpene Biosynthesis by Tobacco 5-Epi-Aristolochene Synthase

Courtney M. Starks, Kyoungwhan Back, Joseph Chappell et al. · Science · 1997 · 738 citations

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Terpene synthases are widely distributed in bacteria

Yuuki Yamada, Tomohisa Kuzuyama, Mamoru Komatsu et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · 549 citations · Full text

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(<i>E</i>)-β-Ocimene and Myrcene Synthase Genes of Floral Scent Biosynthesis in Snapdragon: Function and Expression of Three Terpene Synthase Genes of a New Terpene Synthase Subfamily

Natalia Dudareva, Diane Martin, Christine M. Kish et al. · The Plant Cell · 2003 · 468 citations · Full text

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A Maize (<i>E</i>)-β-Caryophyllene Synthase Implicated in Indirect Defense Responses against Herbivores Is Not Expressed in Most American Maize Varieties

Tobias G. Köllner, Matthias Held, Claudia Lenk et al. · The Plant Cell · 2008 · 462 citations · Full text

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Biosynthesis and Emission of Terpenoid Volatiles from Arabidopsis Flowers

Feng Chen, Dorothea Tholl, John C. D’Auria et al. · The Plant Cell · 2003 · 456 citations · Full text

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    Rodney Croteau

    Washington State University, United States

    46 publications · 4.3K citations

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    Jonathan Gershenzon

    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany

    34 publications · 3.7K citations

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    David E. Cane

    Brown University, United States

    31 publications · 3.1K citations

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    Tobias G. Köllner

    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany

    27 publications · 2.3K citations

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    Jörg Bohlmann

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    22 publications · 2.9K citations

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  1. Washington State University

    Pullman, United States

    39 h-index

    135 publications

    14.5K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

    Jena, Germany

    36 h-index

    134 publications

    15K citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    25 h-index

    98 publications

    12K citations

  4. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    25 h-index

    76 publications

    7.2K citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    24 h-index

    151 publications

    7.8K citations

  6. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    18 h-index

    78 publications

    7.2K citations

  7. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    18 h-index

    65 publications

    3.6K citations

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    Munich, Germany

    18 h-index

    49 publications

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  2. Phytochemistry

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  3. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

    27 publications · 3.3K citations

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