Metabolic engineering of flavonoids in plants and microorganisms

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 949-956

  Wang, Yechun ^a   Chen, Steven ^b   Yu, Oliver ^a  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Blue California   (United States)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; Metabolic engineering; Metabolic flux; Resveratrol

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; GENOMICS; HEALTH BENEFITS; HETEROLOGOUS SYSTEMS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC FLUX; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLOMICS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; PATHOGEN ATTACK; PLANT INTERACTIONS; POTENT ANTIOXIDANTS; PRODUCTION YIELD; RESVERATROL; TRANSGENIC ORGANISMS; UV IRRADIATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS;

FLAVONOIDS;

4 COUMAROYL COA LIGASE; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; ANTHOCYANIN; CATECHIN; CHALCONE ISOMERASE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; CINNAMATE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; COUMARIC ACID; FLAVANONE; FLAVONOID; ISOMERASE; LIGNIN; MALONYL COENZYME A; NARINGENIN; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; RESVERATROL; SHIKIMATE HYDROXYCINNAMOYL TRANSFERASE; STILBENE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; NUTRITION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PLANT; RADIATION BALANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANION TRANSPORT; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; FLOWER COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANT REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; YEAST CELL;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FERMENTATION; FLAVONOIDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; PLANTS;

EID: 80052644333     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3449-2     Document Type: Review

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