Molecular basis of glyphosate resistance - Different approaches through protein engineering

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2753-2766

  Pollegioni, Loredano ^a   Schonbrunn, Ernst ^b   Siehl, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Pioneer Hi Bred International   (United States)

Author keywords

glyphosate; herbicide resistance; herbicide tolerance; protein engineering; transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 PHOSPHONOPROPIONIC ACID; 3 PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1 CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHORISMIC ACID; FLAVOPROTEIN; GLYCINE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; GLYPHOSATE; GLYPHOSATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN; PROTEIN GO; SHIKIMIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DETOXIFICATION; DNA SHUFFLING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

3-PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1-CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; GLYCINE; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; HERBICIDES; KINETICS; LYASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 79961026819     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08214.x     Document Type: Review

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