Pathway engineering of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in transgenic California poppy cells with ectopic expression of tetrahydroberberine oxidase from Coptis Japonica

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 473-481

  Matsushima, Yasutaka ^a   Minami, Hiromichi ^a,b   Hori, Kentaro ^a   Sato, Fumihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(S) tetrahydroberberine oxidase; Benzophananthridine alkaloid biosynthesis; California poppy; Coptis japonica

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873545622     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.12.1101a     Document Type: Article

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