Homospermidine in transgenic tobacco results in considerably reduced spermidine levels but is not converted to pyrrolizidine alkaloid precursors

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 145-155

  Abdelhady, Mohamed I S ^a,c   Beuerle, Till ^b   Ober, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c Ein Helwan   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Homospermidine; Pathway evolution; Plant secondary metabolism; Polyamine metabolism; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Spermidine

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHYPUSINE SYNTHASE; HOMOSPERMIDINE SYNTHETASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYAMINE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; SPERMIDINE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; GENE DUPLICATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYAMINES; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; SPERMIDINE; TOBACCO;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 67849088528     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-009-9514-x     Document Type: Article

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