Long-term instability of alkaloid production by stably transformed cell lines of Catharanthus roseus

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-80

  Whitmer, Serap ^a   Canel, Camilo ^b   Van Der Heijden, Robert ^a   Verpoorte, Robert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BF 01 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Genetic engineering; Secondary metabolism; Strictosidine synthase; Terpenoid indole alkaloids; Transgene expression; Tryptophan decarboxylase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; COMPOSITION; ENZYMES; GENES; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ALKALOIDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0038558546     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023368309831     Document Type: Article

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