The mevalonate-independent pathway is expressed in transformed roots of Artemisia annua and regulated by light and culture age

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 581-588

  Souret, Frédéric F ^a   Weathers, Pamela J ^a   Wobbe, Kristin K ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

1 deoxy D xylulose 5 phosphate reductoisomerase; 1 deoxy D xylulose 5 phosphate synthase; Hairy roots; Terpenes; Transit peptide

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036872868     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IVP2002343     Document Type: Article

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