Redirection of cytosolic or plastidic isoprenoid precursors elevates terpene production in plants

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1441-1447

  Wu, Shuiqin ^a   Schalk, Michel ^b   Clark, Anthony ^b   Miles, R Brandon ^c   Coates, Robert ^c   Chappell, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Analysis and Perception Department   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; ISOTOPES; METABOLITES; MICROORGANISMS;

AVIAN FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PHYTOPATHOGENIC MICROBES; TERPENES; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

AMORPHA 4,11 DIENE; CARBON; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID; LIMONENE; PATCHOULOL; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO;

CARBON; CYCLOHEXENES; CYTOSOL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; SESQUITERPENES; TERPENES; TOBACCO;

AMORPHA; AVES; HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA;

EID: 33750890672     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1251     Document Type: Article

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