Elicitor-mediated induction of anthraquinone biosynthesis and regulation of isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase and farnesyl diphosphate synthase activities in cell suspension cultures of Cinchona robusta How

Planta

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-161

  Ramos Valdivia, Ana C ^a,b   Van der Heijden, Robert ^a   Verpoorte, Robert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anthraquinone; Cinchona; Farnesyl diphosphate synthase; Isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase; Phytoalexin; Phytophthora

Indexed keywords

CINCHONA ROBUSTA;

EID: 0030722452     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050177     Document Type: Article

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