Plant cytochromes P450: Tools for pharmacology, plant protection and phytoremediation

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-162

  Morant, Marc ^a   Bak, Søren ^b   Møller, Birger Lindberg ^b   Werck Reichhart, Danièle ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

AJMALICINE; AJMALINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BAICALEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAFFEIC ACID; CATECHOL; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CYTOCHROME P450; FLAVONOID; GENISTEIN; HERBICIDE; INDOLE ALKALOID; ISOFLAVONOID; NATURAL PRODUCT; PACLITAXEL; PHYTOESTROGEN; RESERPINE; ROSMARINIC ACID; TAXOID; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; WOGONIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CATALYSIS; COST CONTROL; CROP; CROP PROTECTION; DIET; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG COST; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH REGULATION; HERBICIDE TOLERANCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INSECT; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOYBEAN; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; GLYCINE MAX; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0038404731     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(03)00024-7     Document Type: Review

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