Cloning and heterologous expression of early genes in gibberellin and steviol biosynthesis via the methylerythritol phosphate pathway in Stevia rebaudiana

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 517-522

  Totté, Nicole ^a   Van Den Ende, Wim ^a   Van Damme, Els J M ^a   Compernolle, Frans ^a   Baboeuf, Ilse ^a   Geuns, Jan M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

1 deoxy D xylulose 5 phosphate reductoisomerase; 1 deoxy D xylulose 5 phosphate synthase; 2 C methyl D erythritol 4 phosphate pathway; Asteraceae; Isoprenoids; Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CLONING; DNA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

SKELETON;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE EXPRESSION;

ASTERACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STEVIA REBAUDIANA;

EID: 0041846801     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-032     Document Type: Article

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