A geraniol-synthase gene from Cinnamomum tenuipilum

A cDNA clone from Cinnamomum tenuipilum was isolated, functionally expressed in Escherichia coli and thereby identified as a single copy gene coding for a geraniol synthase. The CtGES is more abundantly expressed in leaves of a geraniol chemotype than in those of either linalool or farnesol chemotypes.