Expression of two consecutive genes of a secondary metabolic pathway in transgenic tobacco: Molecular diversity influences levels of expression and product accumulation

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 765-774

  Leech, Mark J ^a   May, Kathy ^a   Hallard, Didier ^b   Verpoorte, Robert ^b   De Luca, Vincenzo ^c   Christou, Paul ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catharanthus roseus; Metabolic engineering; Particle bombardment; Strictosidine synthase (STR1); Tobacco; Tryptophan decarboxylase (TDC)

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MONOTERPENOID; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT GENETICS; PLASMID; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKALOIDS; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; CARBON-NITROGEN LYASES; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032215657     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006000229229     Document Type: Article

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