Opportunities and surprises in crops modified by transgenic technology: Metabolic engineering of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, gossypol and lysine biosynthetic pathways

Metabolomics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-382

  Larkin, Philip ^a   Harrigan, George G ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids; GM crops; Gossypol synthesis; Lysinebio synthesis; Metabolic profiling; RNAi

Indexed keywords

MICROPUS; PAPAVER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34748878379     PISSN: 15733882     EISSN: 15733890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11306-007-0075-1     Document Type: Article

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