Metabolic engineering of plant monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and diterpenes-current status and future opportunities

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-196

  Markus Lange, B ^a   Ahkami, Amirhossein ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Essential oil; Metabolic engineering; Taxol; Terpenoid

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DITERPENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; PACLITAXEL; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOSYNTHESIS; HERBIVORY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; ODOR; PLANT; REVIEW;

ARTEMISININS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DITERPENES; HERBIVORY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MONOTERPENES; ODORS; OILS, VOLATILE; PACLITAXEL; PLANTS; SESQUITERPENES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84873105503     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12022     Document Type: Review

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