Pravastatin: A tool for investigating the availability of mevalonate metabolites for primary and secondary metabolism in Catharanthus roseus cell suspensions

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 803-809

  Imbault, Nadine ^a   Thiersault, Martine ^a   Dupéron, Paulette ^a   Benabdelmouna, Abdellah ^b   Doireau, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

2,4 D; 3 hydroxy 3 methylglutaryl CoA reductase; Alkaloid; Catharanthus roseus; Cytokinin; Isoprenoid biosynthesis; Mevalonate; Pravastatin

Indexed keywords

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS;

EID: 0030427464     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb06688.x     Document Type: Article

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