Induction of potato steroidal glycoalkaloid biosynthetic pathway by overexpression of cDNA encoding primary metabolism HMG-CoA reductase and squalene synthase

Planta

Volumn 235, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1341-1353

  Ginzberg, Idit ^a   Thippeswamy, Muddarangappa ^a,e   Fogelman, Edna ^a   Demirel, Ufuk ^a,c   Mweetwa, Alice M ^b,d   Tokuhisa, James ^b   Veilleux, Richard E ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

HMGR1; Isoprenoid pathway; Potato steroidal glycoalkaloids; Secondary metabolism; Squalene synthase; Transgenic Solanum

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALPHA CHACONINE; ALPHA SOLANINE; ALPHA-SOLANINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOSTEROL; SOLANINE; SQUALENE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; POTATO; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKALOIDS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FARNESYL-DIPHOSPHATE FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOLANINE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

SOLANUM; SOLANUM CHACOENSE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84861582351     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1578-6     Document Type: Article

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