Early steps in isoprenoid biosynthesis: Multilevel regulation of the supply of common precursors in plant cells

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Rodríguez Concepción, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; Gene expression; Metabolism; Methylerythritol phosphate pathway; Mutants

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENOID; MEVALONIC ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOSOL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33745455746     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-005-3130-4     Document Type: Review

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