Genetic engineering on shikonin biosynthesis: Expression of the bacterial ubiA gene Lithospermum erythrorhizon

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 911-919

  Boehm, R ^a   Sommer, S ^a   Li, S M ^a   Heide, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 Hydroxybenzoate prenyltransferase; Endoplasmic reticulum; Lithospermum erythrorhizon; Shikonin; Targeting; UbiA

Indexed keywords

3 GERANYL 4 HYDROXYBENZOATE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOATE 3 POLYPRENYLTRANSFERASE; AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERANYL DIPHOSPHATE; NAPHTHOQUINONE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SHIKONIN; UBIA GENE; UBIQUINONE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORAGINACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LITHOSPERMUM ERYTHRORHIZON; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033818031     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcd013     Document Type: Article

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