Catharanthus biosynthetic enzymes: The road ahead

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 307-339

  Loyola Vargas, Víctor Manuel ^a,b   Galaz Ávalos, Rosa M ^a   Kú Cauich, Roberto ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic pathway; Catharanthus roseus; Terpenoid indole alkaloids

Indexed keywords

AJMALICINE; ALKALOID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENE; CATHARANTHINE; ENZYME; FLAVONOID; FLAVOPROTEIN; GERANIOL; GERANIOL 10 HYDROXYLASE; INDOLE ALKALOID; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; LOGANIC ACID; MEVALONIC ACID; NEROL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOALEXIN; PHYTOL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SECOIRIDOID; SECOLOGANIC ACID; SECOLOGANIN; SECOLOGANIN SYNTHASE; SESQUITERPENE; TABERSONINE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; VINDOLINE; XANTHOPHYLL;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CELL ACTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ECONOMICS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

CATHARANTHUS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS;

EID: 34249884497     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-007-9064-2     Document Type: Review

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