A Tale of Three Cell Types: Alkaloid Biosynthesis Is Localized to Sieve Elements in Opium Poppy

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2626-2635

  Bird, David A ^a   Franceschi, Vincent R ^b   Facchini, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALKALOIDS; CYTOPLASM; LACTICIFERS; LATEX PROTEINS (LP);

CELLS;

PAPAVER; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM;

EID: 0345376982     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.015396     Document Type: Article

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