Strategies for transgenic manipulation of monoterpene biosynthesis in plants

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 366-373

  Mahmoud, Soheil S ^a   Croteau, Rodney B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHA X PIPERITA;

3,3 DIMETHYLALLYL PYROPHOSPHATE; 3,3-DIMETHYLALLYL PYROPHOSPHATE; HEMITERPENE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; TERPENE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENES, PLANT; HEMITERPENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; TERPENES; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0036676584     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(02)02303-8     Document Type: Review

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