Plant secondary metabolism and challenges in modifying its operation: An overview

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 643, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-13

  Nascimento, Naíla Cannes Do ^a   Fett Neto, Arthur Germano ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

development; elicitors; environmental stress; metabolic engineering; microbial expression; Plant secondary metabolism; plant transformation; transcription factors

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77956940792     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-723-5_1     Document Type: Review

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