Quantification of metabolites in the indole alkaloid pathways of Catharanthus roseus: Implications for metabolic engineering

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 333-338

  Shanks, Jacqueline V ^a   Bhadra, Rajiv ^a,b   Morgan, John ^a   Rijhwani, Sushil ^a   Vani, Sundeep ^a,c  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KRUG Life Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Catharanthus roseus; Elicitation; Hairy roots; Indole alkaloids; Tabersonine

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

INDOLE ALKALOIDS;

CLONING;

AJMALICINE; INDOLE ALKALOID; LOCHNERICINE; SERPENTINE; TABERSONINE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLONING; ENGINEERING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS;

EID: 0032485832     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980420)58:2/3<333::AID-BIT35>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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