Engineered native pathways for high kaempferol and caffeoylquinate production in potato

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 870-886

  Rommens, Caius M ^a   Richael, Craig M ^a   Yan, Hua ^a   Navarre, Duroy A ^b   Ye, Jingsong ^a   Krucker, Michele ^a   Swords, Kathy ^a  

^a J R SIMPLOT COMPANY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorogenic acid; Flavonoids; Flavonols; Metabolic engineering; Potato; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTHOCYANIN; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; CAFFEOYLQUINIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYCINNAMOYL COA QUINATE TRANSFERASE; HYDROXYCINNAMOYL-COA-QUINATE TRANSFERASE; KAEMPFEROL; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE; PLANT RNA; PREPHENATE DEHYDRATASE; PRIMER DNA; QUINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT TUBER; POTATO;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; ANTHOCYANINS; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLAVONOLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KAEMPFEROLS; PLANT TUBERS; PREPHENATE DEHYDRATASE; QUINIC ACID; RNA, PLANT; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 55949106975     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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