Upregulation of isoprenoid pathway genes during enhanced saikosaponin biosynthesis in the hairy roots of Bupleurum falcatum

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-274

  Kim, Young Soon ^a   Cho, Jung Hyun ^a   Ahn, Juncheul ^b   Hwang, Baik ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Seonam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bupleurum radix; HPLC; Isoprenoid pathway; Oxidosqualene cyclase; Squalene synthase; Triterpene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE DELTA ISOMERASE; ISOPRENOID; LANOSTEROL SYNTHASE; SAIKOSAPONIN; SQUALENE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BUPLEURUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE PROBE; HAIRY ROOT CULTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BUPLEURUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT ROOTS; SAPONINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TERPENES; UP-REGULATION;

BUPLEURUM; BUPLEURUM FALCATUM;

EID: 33846043164     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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