Engineering Plant Shikimate Pathway for Production of Tocotrienol and Improving Herbicide Resistance

Plant Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-100

  Rippert, Pascal ^a,b   Scimemi, Claire ^a   Dubald, Manuel ^a   Matringe, Michel ^a,c  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLUXES; HEALTH CARE; HERBICIDES; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; VITAMINS;

AROMATIC PRECURSORS; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TABACUM;

EID: 0842285692     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.032441     Document Type: Article

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