Strategies for the genetic modification of the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 475-491

  Zárate, Rafael ^a,b   Verpoorte, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y Bioquímicas   (Spain)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Catharanthus roseus; Genetic engineering; Genetic transformation techniques; Terpenoid indole alkaloids

Indexed keywords

AJMALICINE; ALKALOID; ANHYDROVINBLASTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAMPESTEROL; CATHARANTHINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FOSMIDOMYCIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KANAMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; TABERSONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRYPTAMINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HAIRY ROOT CULTURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM RHIZOGENES;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS;

EID: 34249868452     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-006-9020-6     Document Type: Review

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