Vindoline formation in shoot cultures of Catharanthus roseus is synchronously activated with morphogenesis through the last biosynthetic step

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 409-415

  Campos Tamayo, Freddy ^a,b   Hernández Domínguez, Elizabeta ^a,c   Vázquez Flota, Felipe ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b Hospital General O'Horan   (Mexico)

^c Instituto Superior Tecnológico de Acayucan   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Catharanthus roseus; DAT; Deacetylvindoline acetyl CoA acetyltransferase; In vitro shoot cultures; Morphogenesis; Vindoline

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCOENZYME A DEACETYLVINDOLINE 4 O ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ACETYLCOENZYME A-DEACETYLVINDOLINE 4-O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYOSCYAMINE (6S) DIOXYGENASE; HYOSCYAMINE (6S)-DIOXYGENASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; ORCA3 PROTEIN, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VINBLASTINE; VINDOLINE;

ALKALOID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MORPHOGENESIS; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOTOPERIOD; SHOOT;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATHARANTHUS; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; CATHARANTHUS; LIGHT; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MORPHOGENESIS; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VINBLASTINE;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS;

EID: 49749095963     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn108     Document Type: Article

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