Accumulation of an organic anticancer selenium compound in a transgenic Solanaceous species shows wider applicability of the selenocysteine methyltransferase transgene from selenium hyperaccumulators

Transgenic Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-424

  McKenzie, Marian J ^a   Hunter, Donald A ^a   Pathirana, Ranjith ^a   Watson, Lyn M ^a   Joyce, Nigel I ^a   Matich, Adam J ^a   Rowan, Daryl D ^a   Brummell, David A ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ATP sulfurylase; Dimethyl diselenide; Methylselenocysteine; Selenium accumulation; Selenocysteine methyltransferase; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYSTEINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; ORGANOSELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; SELENOMETHYLSELENOCYSTEINE; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CYSTEINE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 67349112112     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-008-9233-0     Document Type: Article

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