Metabolic engineering of isoprenoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis for the production of taxadiene, the first committed precursor of taxol

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 168-175

  Besumbes, Óscar ^a   Sauret Güeto, Susanna ^a   Phillips, Michael A ^a   Imperial, Santiago ^a   Rodríguez Concepción, Manuel ^a   Boronat, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Geranylgeranyl diphosphate; Glucocorticoid; Isoprenoids; Paclitaxel; Taxadiene

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; CARCOTENOIDS; TAXADIENE SYNTHASE (TXS);

BIOSYNTHESIS;

ALKADIENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTIDINE; ISOPRENOID; PACLITAXEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH RETARDATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKENES; ARABIDOPSIS; DITERPENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; ISOMERASES; PACLITAXEL; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TAXUS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 6444235290     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20237     Document Type: Article

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