Metabolic engineering of the plant primary-secondary metabolism interface

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-244

  Aharoni, Asaph ^a   Galili, Gad ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMATIC REACTION; FEED-FORWARD; GENE EXPRESSION NETWORK; GENES ENCODING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING APPROACH; METABOLIC ENZYMES; NATURAL PRODUCTS; PLANT METABOLIC ENGINEERING; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; PRIMARY METABOLITE; PRIMARY PATHWAY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

ENGINEERING; ENGINEERS; GENES; METABOLITES; PHYSIOLOGY; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

METABOLISM;

3 DEOXY 7 PHOSPHOHEPTULONATE SYNTHASE; 3 PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1 CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE; 4 METHYLTHIO 2 OXOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; CARBON; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; NITROGEN; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; SHIKIMIC ACID; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CARBON; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SULFUR;

EID: 79954423752     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.11.004     Document Type: Review

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