Promoting scopolamine accumulation in transgenic plants of Atropa belladonna generated from hairy roots with over expression of pmt and h6h gene

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1708-1713

  Liu, Xiaoqiang ^a   Yang, Chunxian ^a   Chen, Min ^a   Li, Mingyang ^a   Liao, Zhihua ^a   Tang, Kexuan ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atropa belladonna; h6h; Pmt; Regeneration; Scopolamine; Transformation

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HYOSCYAMINE 6BETA HYDROXYLASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXYGENASE; PUTRESCINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATROPA BELLADONNA; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; H6H GENE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; PMT GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD TYPE;

ATROPA BELLADONNA;

EID: 78149445622     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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