Antisense-mediated down-regulation of putrescine N-methyltransferase activity in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum L. can lead to elevated levels of anatabine at the expense of nicotine

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 87-105

  Chintapakorn, Yupynn ^a,b   Hamill, John D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anatabine; Antisense; Metabolism; Nicotine; Putrescine N methyltransferase; Pyridine alkaloid; Solanaceae; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; METABOLISM; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POSITIVE IONS; TISSUE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALKALOIDS; HYBRIDIZATION;

ENZYMES;

ALKALOID; ANATABINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NICOTINE; PUTRESCINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; PUTRESCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REGENERATION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKALOIDS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, ANTISENSE; DOWN-REGULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NICOTINE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PYRIDINES; REGENERATION; TOBACCO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 1642547022     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLAN.0000009268.45851.95     Document Type: Article

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