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monoterpene biosynthetic process

Known as: monoterpene biosynthesis 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of monoterpenes, terpenes with a C10 structure. [CHEBI:35187]
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Monoterpenes Support Systemic Acquired Resistance within and between Plants
Infection of Arabidopsis thaliana with avirulent Pseudomonas syringae induces camphene and α- and β-pinene emissions contributing… 
Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Spearmint R2R3‐MYB transcription factor MsMYB negatively regulates monoterpene production and suppresses the expression of geranyl diphosphate synthase large subunit (MsGPPS.LSU)
Summary Many aromatic plants, such as spearmint, produce valuable essential oils in specialized structures called peltate… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Strategies for transgenic manipulation of monoterpene biosynthesis in plants.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Geranyl diphosphate synthase from Abies grandis: cDNA isolation, functional expression, and characterization.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Progress in plant metabolic engineering
Plants have been estimated to collectively synthesize more than 30,000 different terpenoids, of which many have useful… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Geranyl diphosphate synthase: cloning, expression, and characterization of this prenyltransferase as a heterodimer.
Geranyl diphosphate synthase, which catalyzes the condensation of dimethylallyl diphosphate and isopentenyl diphosphate to… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Biosynthesis of the monoterpenes limonene and carvone in the fruit of caraway. I. Demonstration Of enzyme activities and their changes with development
The biosynthesis of the monoterpenes limonene and carvone in the fruit of caraway (Carum carvi L.) proceeds from geranyl… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Isolation of secretory cells from plant glandular trichomes and their use in biosynthetic studies of monoterpenes and other gland products.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Defense mechanisms of conifers : differences in constitutive and wound-induced monoterpene biosynthesis among species.
Levels of monoterpene cyclase activity were determined in extracts from wounded and unwounded saplings of 10 conifer species to… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Site of Monoterpene Biosynthesis in Majorana hortensis Leaves.
Excised epidermis of Majorana hortensis Moench (sweet marjoram) leaves incorporates label from [U-(14)C]sucrose into monoterpenes… 
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