Metabolic engineering and applications of flavonoids

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-160

  Forkmann, Gert ^a   Martens, Stefan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFLAVONOL 4 REDUCTASE; FLAVANOL SYNTHASE; FLAVANONE 3 HYDROXYLASE; FLAVANONE 4 REDUCTASE; FLAVONE SYNTHASE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOID 3 O GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FLAVONOID 3' HYDROXYLASE; FLAVONOID 3',5' HYDROXYLASE; ISOFLAVONE SYNTHASE; ISOFLAVONOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL FOOD; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PLANT; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035313503     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(00)00192-0     Document Type: Review

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