Different expression of an S-adenosylmethionine synthetase gene in transgenic tobacco callus modifies alkaloid biosynthesis

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-20

  Belbahri, Lassaad ^a,e   Chevalier, Laurence ^a   Bensaddek, Lamine ^b   Gillet, Françoise ^b   Fliniaux, Marc André ^b   Boerjan, Wout ^c   Inzé, Dirk ^d   Thomas, Daniel ^a   Thomasset, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaloid pattern; S adenosyl L methionine synthetase; SAM 1 gene; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALKALOID; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NECOTIANA TABACUM;

GENES;

ALKALOID; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; PUTRESCINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE;

ALKALOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENOME, PLANT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0034609008     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(20000705)69:1<11::AID-BIT2>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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