Enhancement of artemisinin biosynthesis by overexpressing dxr, cyp71av1 and cpr in the plants of Artemisia annua L.

Plant OMICS

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 503-507

  Xiang, Lien ^a   Zeng, Lixia ^a   Yuan, Yuan ^a   Chen, Min ^a   Wang, Fang ^b   Liu, Xiaoqiang ^a   Zeng, Lingjiang ^a   Lan, Xiaozhong ^c   Liao, Zhihua ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NEIJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College   (China)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua L.; Artemisinin; Cpr; Cyp71av1; Dxr; Transgene

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ANNUA;

EID: 84871846483     PISSN: 18360661     EISSN: 18363644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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