Production of soybean isoflavone genistein in non-legume plants via genetically modified secondary metabolism pathway

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Liu, Rongrong ^a   Hu, Yuanlei ^a   Li, Jialin ^a   Lin, Zhongping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flavanone 3 hydroxylase; Genistein; Isoflavone synthase; Metabolic engineering; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AMMONIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTISENSE GENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SECONDARY METABOLISM PATHWAY; SOYBEANS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

FLAVANONE 3 HYDROXYLASE; FLAVONOID; GENE PRODUCT; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; ISOFLAVONE SYNTHASE; ISOFLAVONOID; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; F3H GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; IFS GENE; LEGUME; LETTUCE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAL GENE; PETAL; PETUNIA; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT YIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOYBEAN; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENISTEIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OXYGENASES; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA-LYASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

AMMONIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLANTS; SOYA FLOUR; TOBACCO;

GLYCINE MAX; LACTUCA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PETUNIA;

EID: 33845663674     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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