Overexpression of odc (ornithine decarboxylase) in Datura innoxia enhances the yield of scopolamine

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2453-2459

  Singh, Alka ^b   Nirala, Niraj K ^b   Das, Sandip ^a   Narula, Alka ^a   Rajam, M V ^c   Srivastava, P S ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Arginine decarboxylase; Ornithine decarboxylase; Polyamine; Putrescine; Putrescine N methyltransferase; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

DATURA; DATURA INNOXIA;

EID: 80054121534     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-011-0787-8     Document Type: Article

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