Genetic engineering of shikonin biosynthesis hairy root cultures of Lithospermum erythrorhizon transformed with the bacterial ubiC gene

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 683-693

  Sommer, Susanne ^a   Köhle, Annegret ^a   Yazaki, Kazufumi ^b   Shimomura, Koichiro ^c   Bechthold, Andreas ^a   Heide, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 hydroxybenzoic acid glucoside; Genetic engineering; Lithospermum erythrorhizon; Menisdaurin; Shikonin; ubiC

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOINDAN 2 PHOSPHONIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; CHORISMATE PYRUVATE LYASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MENISDAURIN; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; PROMOTER REGION; SHIKIMIC ACID; SHIKONIN; TISSUE CULTURE;

CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; KINETICS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; OXO-ACID-LYASES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; SHIKIMIC ACID; TRANSFECTION;

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LITHOSPERMUM ERYTHRORHIZON;

EID: 0344223307     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006185806390     Document Type: Article

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