Effects of over-expression of strictosidine synthase and tryptophan decarboxylase on alkaloid production by cell cultures of Catharanthus roseus

Planta

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 414-419

  Canel, Camilo ^a,c   Lopes Cardoso, M Inês ^b   Whitmer, Serap ^a   Van der Fits, Leslie ^b   Pasquali, Giancarlo ^b   Van der Heijden, Robert ^a   Hoge, J Harry C ^b   Verpoorte, Robert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Genetic engineering; Secondary metabolism; Strictosidine synthase; Terpenoid indole alkaloids; Tryptophan decarboxylase

Indexed keywords

AJMALICINE; ALKALOID; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATHARANTHINE; CELL CULTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION; SERPENTINE; STRICTOSIDINE SYNTHASE; TABERSONINE; TRANSGENICS;

ALKALOIDS; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; CARBON-NITROGEN LYASES; CELLS, CULTURED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0032127941     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050338     Document Type: Article

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