Metabolic engineering of plant secondary products: Which way forward?

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 19, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 5622-5639

  Miralpeix, Bruna ^a   Rischer, Heiko ^b   Häkkinen, Suvi T ^b   Ritala, Anneli ^b   Seppänen Laakso, Tuulikki ^b   Oksman Caldentey, Kirsi Marja ^b   Capell, Teresa ^a   Christou, Paul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Metabolic engineering; Microbes; Plant cell culture; Post genomics technologies; Secondary metabolites; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AJMALICINE; AJMALINE; ARTEMISININ; BERBERINE; CAMPTOTHECIN; CAPSAICIN; CHELERYTHRINE; CODEINE; COLCHICINE; DIGOXIN; DIOSGENIN; DOPAMINE; ELLIPTICINE; EMETINE; MORPHINE; PACLITAXEL; QUININE; SANGUINARINE; SERPENTINE; SHIKONIN; TERPENE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; ATROPA BELLADONNA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GINKGO BILOBA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HERBIVORE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HYOSCYAMUS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; LITHOSPERMUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; NONHUMAN; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; PATHOGENESIS; PICRORHIZA KURROA; PIPER METHYSTICUM; PLAGUE; PLANT PRODUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHESIS; TAXUS BREVIFOLIA; VANILLA PLANIFOLIA; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84881364940     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1381612811319310016     Document Type: Review

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