Pathway engineering of the plant vitamin C metabolic network

Applications of Plant Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 9781402060311, Issue , 2007, Pages 197-217

  Lorence, Argelia ^a   Nessler, Craig L ^b  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Metabolic engineering; Transgenic plants; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIGNALING; CROPS; ENZYMES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MAMMALS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE HOMEOSTASIS; VITAMINS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; PATHWAY ENGINEERINGS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SECONDARY METABOLITES; TRANSGENIC APPROACHES; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; VITAMIN C;

ASCORBIC ACID;

EID: 77953136362     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6031-1_8     Document Type: Chapter

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