Enhancement of alkaloid production in opium and California poppy by transactivation using heterologous regulatory factors

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-175

  Apuya, Nestor R ^a   Park, Joon Hyun ^a   Zhang, Liping ^a   Ahyow, Maurice ^a   Davidow, Patricia ^a   Van Fleet, Jennifer ^a   Rarang, Joel C ^a   Hippley, Matthew ^a   Johnson, Thomas W ^a   Yoo, Hye Dong ^a,b   Trieu, Anthony ^a   Krueger, Shannon ^a   Wu, Chuan Yin ^a   Lu, Yu Ping ^a   Flavell, Richard B ^a   Bobzin, Steven C ^a  

^a Ceres Inc   (United States)

^b NCE Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

California poppy; Morphinan alkaloids; Morphine; Opium poppy; Thebaine; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PAPAVER; PROMOTER REGION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSACTIVATION;

ALKALOIDS; PAPAVER; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHSCHOLZIA; ESCHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA; GLYCINE MAX; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 37749020277     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2007.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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