Enhancing lignan biosynthesis by over-expressing pinoresinol lariciresinol reductase in transgenic wheat

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1518-1526

  Ayella, Allan K ^a   Trick, Harold N ^a   Wang, Weiqun ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; Lignans; Pinoresinol iariciresinol reductase; Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside; Transgenic wheat

Indexed keywords

BUTANEDIOL; LARICIRESINOL REDUCTASE; LIGNAN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PINORESINOL REDUCTASE; PLANT DNA; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FORSYTHIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA, PLANT; FORSYTHIA; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGNANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRITICUM;

FORSYTHIA; FORSYTHIA X INTERMEDIA; MUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38049038265     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200700233     Document Type: Article

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