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Charles Allen West - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 
Area:
Biosynthesis of gibberellins and related plant growth regulators; diterpene metabolism and its regulation; phytoalexin research; mixed function oxidases and associated electron transfer reactions
Website:
http://faculty.chemistry.ucla.edu/institution/personnel?personnel_id=264952

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1996 Hill AM, Cane DE, Mau CJ, West CA. High level expression of Ricinus communis casbene synthase in Escherichia coli and characterization of the recombinant enzyme. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 336: 283-9. PMID 8954576 DOI: 10.1006/Abbi.1996.0559  0.329
1996 Mohan RS, Yee NK, Coates RM, Ren YY, Stamenkovic P, Mendez I, West CA. Biosynthesis of cyclic diterpene hydrocarbons in rice cell suspensions: conversion of 9,10-syn-labda-8(17),13-dienyl diphosphate to 9beta-pimara-7,15-diene and stemar-13-ene. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 330: 33-47. PMID 8651702 DOI: 10.1006/Abbi.1996.0223  0.327
1993 Jennings JC, Coolbaugh RC, Nakata DA, West CA. Characterization and Solubilization of Kaurenoic Acid Hydroxylase from Gibberella fujikuroi. Plant Physiology. 101: 925-930. PMID 12231743 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.101.3.925  0.332
1992 Ren Y, West CA. Elicitation of Diterpene Biosynthesis in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Chitin Plant Physiology. 99: 1169-1178. PMID 16668985 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.99.3.1169  0.395
1992 Wickham KA, West CA. Biosynthesis of rice phytoalexins: identification of putative diterpene hydrocarbon precursors. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 293: 320-332. PMID 1536568 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(92)90402-I  0.417
1989 Bruce RJ, West CA. Elicitation of lignin biosynthesis and isoperoxidase activity by pectic fragments in suspension cultures of castor bean. Plant Physiology. 91: 889-897. PMID 16667153 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.91.3.889  0.319
1986 Dudley MW, Green TR, West CA. Biosynthesis of the Macrocyclic Diterpene Casbene in Castor Bean (Ricinus communis L.) Seedlings : The Purification and Properties of Farnesyl Transferase from Elicited Seedlings. Plant Physiology. 81: 343-348. PMID 16664818 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.81.2.343  0.4
1986 Dudley MW, Dueber MT, West CA. Biosynthesis of the Macrocyclic Diterpene Casbene in Castor Bean (Ricinus communis L.) Seedlings : Changes in Enzyme Levels Induced by Fungal Infection and Intracellular Localization of the Pathway. Plant Physiology. 81: 335-342. PMID 16664817 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.81.2.335  0.355
1985 Moesta P, West CA. Casbene synthetase: regulation of phytoalexin biosynthesis in Ricinus communis L. seedlings. Purification of casbene synthetase and regulation of its biosynthesis during elicitation. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 238: 325-33. PMID 3985625 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(85)90171-7  0.394
1985 Shen-Miller J, West CA. Distribution of ent-kaurene synthetase in Helianthus annuus and Marah macrocarpus Phytochemistry. 24: 461-464. DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80747-5  0.417
1984 Walker-Simmons M, Jin D, West CA, Hadwiger L, Ryan CA. Comparison of proteinase inhibitor-inducing activities and phytoalexin elicitor activities of a pure fungal endopolygalacturonase, pectic fragments, and chitosans. Plant Physiology. 76: 833-836. PMID 16663934 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.76.3.833  0.411
1984 Jin DF, West CA. Characteristics of Galacturonic Acid Oligomers as Elicitors of Casbene Synthetase Activity in Castor Bean Seedlings Plant Physiology. 74: 989-992. PMID 16663547 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.74.4.989  0.35
1984 Shen-Miller J, West CA. Kaurene Synthetase Activity in Helianthus annuus L. Increases in Enzyme Activity after Storage of Seedlings in Liquid Nitrogen Plant Physiology. 74: 439-441. PMID 16663438 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.74.2.439  0.386
1984 Railton ID, Fellows B, West CA. Ent-kaurene synthesis in chloroplasts from higher plants Phytochemistry. 23: 1261-1267. DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80438-0  0.38
1982 Bruce RJ, West CA. Elicitation of Casbene Synthetase Activity in Castor Bean THE ROLE OF PECTIC FRAGMENTS OF THE PLANT CELL WALL IN ELICITATION BY A FUNGAL ENDOPOLYGALACTURONASE Plant Physiology. 69: 1181-1188. PMID 16662367 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.69.5.1181  0.426
1982 Coolbaugh RC, Swanson DI, West CA. Comparative Effects of Ancymidol and Its Analogs on Growth of Peas and Ent-Kaurene Oxidation in Cell-Free Extracts of Immature Marah macrocarpus Endosperm. Plant Physiology. 69: 707-11. PMID 16662280 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.69.3.707  0.367
1982 Shen-Miller J, West CA. Ent-Kaurene Biosynthesis in Extracts of Helianthus annuus L. Seedlings. Plant Physiology. 69: 637-641. PMID 16662264 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.69.3.637  0.381
1981 Duncan JD, West CA. Properties of Kaurene Synthetase from Marah macrocarpus Endosperm: Evidence for the Participation of Separate but Interacting Enzymes. Plant Physiology. 68: 1128-34. PMID 16662063 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.68.5.1128  0.404
1981 Lee S, West CA. Properties of Rhizopus stolonifer Polygalacturonase, an Elicitor of Casbene Synthetase Activity in Castor Bean (Ricinus communis L.) Seedlings. Plant Physiology. 67: 640-645. PMID 16661729 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.67.4.640  0.4
1981 Lee S, West CA. Polygalacturonase from Rhizopus stolonifer, an Elicitor of Casbene Synthetase Activity in Castor Bean ( Ricinus communis L.) Seedlings Plant Physiology. 67: 633-639. PMID 16661728 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.67.4.633  0.363
1981 West CA. Fungal elicitors of the phytoalexin response in higher plants Naturwissenschaften. 68: 447-457. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01047514  0.353
1979 Mellon JE, West CA. Diterpene biosynthesis in maize seedlings in response to fungal infection. Plant Physiology. 64: 406-410. PMID 16660976 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.64.3.406  0.324
1978 Dueber MT, Adolf W, West CA. Biosynthesis of the Diterpene Phytoalexin Casbene Partial Purification and Characterization of Casbene Synthetase from Ricinis communis Plant Physiology. 62: 598-603. PMID 16660566 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.62.4.598  0.378
1978 Coolbaugh RC, Hirano SS, West CA. Studies on the Specificity and Site of Action of alpha-Cyclopropyl-alpha-[p-methoxyphenyl]-5-pyrimidine Methyl Alcohol (Ancymidol), a Plant Growth Regulator. Plant Physiology. 62: 571-6. PMID 16660561 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.62.4.571  0.325
1977 Frost RG, West CA. Properties of Kaurene Synthetase from Marah macrocarpus Plant Physiology. 59: 22-29. PMID 16659781 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.59.1.22  0.341
1976 Hasson EP, West CA. Properties of the System for the Mixed Function Oxidation of Kaurene and Kaurene Derivatives in Microsomes of the Immature Seed of Marah macrocarpus: Electron Transfer Components. Plant Physiology. 58: 479-84. PMID 16659701 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.58.4.479  0.365
1976 Hasson EP, West CA. Properties of the System for the Mixed Function Oxidation of Kaurene and Kaurene Derivatives in Microsomes of the Immature Seed of Marah macrocarpus: Cofactor Requirements. Plant Physiology. 58: 473-8. PMID 16659700 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.58.4.473  0.311
1975 Simcox PD, Dennis DT, West CA. Kaurene synthetase from plastids of developing plant tissues. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66: 166-172. PMID 1164423 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(75)80309-3  0.331
1975 Green TR, Dennis DT, West CA. Compartmentation of isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase and prenyl transferase in developing castor bean endosperm Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 64: 976-982. PMID 167761 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291X(75)90143-6  0.342
1975 Sitton D, West CA. Casbene: An anti-fungal diterpene produced in cell-free extracts of Ricinus communis seedlings Phytochemistry. 14: 1921-1925. DOI: 10.1016/0031-9422(75)83098-6  0.363
1973 Hasson EP, West CA. A microsomal ATP-activated pyridine nucleotide transhydrogenase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 155: 258-69. PMID 4145177 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(73)90114-8  0.345
1971 Lew FT, West CA. (−)-Kaur-16-en-7β-ol-19-oic acid, an intermediate in Gibberellin biosynthesis Phytochemistry. 10: 2065-2076. DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97198-X  0.333
1969 Murphy PJ, West CA. The role of mixed function oxidases in kaurene metabolism in Echinocystis macrocarpa greene endosperm Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 133: 395-407. PMID 4390356 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(69)90468-8  0.344
1969 West CA, Upper CD. [17] Enzymatic synthesis of ()-kaurene and related diterpenes Methods in Enzymology. 15: 481-490. DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(69)15019-3  0.352
1968 Oster MO, West CA. Biosynthesis of trans-geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate in endosperm of Echinocystis macrocarpa greene Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 127: 112-123. PMID 4300693 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(68)90207-5  0.405
1968 Jones KC, West CA, Phinney BO. Isolation, identification and biological properties of gibberellin A14 fromGibberella fujikuroi Phytochemistry. 7: 283-IN2. DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)86326-8  0.328
1965 Dennis DT, Upper CD, West CA. An enzymic site of inhibition of gibberellin biosynthesis by Amo 1618 and other plant growth retardants. Plant Physiology. 40: 948-952. PMID 5829606 DOI: 10.1104/Pp.40.5.948  0.382
1963 West CA. Chapter IX - Plant Hormones: Section c: Gibberellins Comprehensive Biochemistry. 11: 151-158. DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4831-9711-1.50019-3  0.305
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