Opium poppy and Madagascar periwinkle: Model non-model systems to investigate alkaloid biosynthesis in plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 763-784

  Facchini, Peter J ^a   De Luca, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids; Catharanthus roseus; Monoterpenoid indole alkaloids; Non model systems; Papaver somniferum; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATHARANTHUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PAPAVER; REVIEW;

ALKALOIDS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CATHARANTHUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PAPAVER; PLANT PROTEINS;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM;

EID: 43549115911     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03438.x     Document Type: Review

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