Systematic silencing of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic genes reveals the major route to papaverine in opium poppy

Plant Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 331-344

  Desgagné Penix, Isabel ^a   Facchini, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

benzylisoquinoline alkaloids; functional genomics; metabolic engineering; opium poppy; Papaver somniferum; secondary metabolism; virus induced gene silencing

Indexed keywords

BENZYLISOQUINOLINE ALKALOIDS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; OPIUM POPPY; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; SECONDARY METABOLISM; VIRUS-INDUCED GENE SILENCING;

ALKYLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; VIRUSES;

METABOLITES;

ALKALOID; BENZYLISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME P450; LATEX; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; N METHYLCOCLAURINE 3' HYDROXYLASE CYP80B; N-METHYLCOCLAURINE 3'-HYDROXYLASE CYP80B; PAPAVERINE; PLANT RNA; VASODILATOR AGENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PAPAVER; PLANT STEM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALKALOIDS; BENZYLISOQUINOLINES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; LATEX; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PAPAVER; PAPAVERINE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM;

EID: 84867576863     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05084.x     Document Type: Article

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