Overexpression of the HMG-CoA reductase gene leads to enhanced artemisinin biosynthesis in transgenic artemisia annua plants

Planta Medica

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1453-1458

  Aquil, Samina ^a,b   Husaini, Amjad Masood ^a   Abdin, Malik Zainul ^a   Rather, Gulam Muhammad ^b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Artemisia annua (Asteraceae); Artemisinin; HMGR; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; LEAF TISSUE; MICROSOME MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD TYPE;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTEMISININS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATHARANTHUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICROSOMES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ASTERACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 70449338387     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1185775     Document Type: Article

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