Molecular genetics of alkaloid biosynthesis in Nicotiana tabacum

Phytochemistry

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-27

  Dewey, Ralph E ^a   Xie, Jiahua ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloid biosynthetic genes; Nicotiana tabacum; Nicotine; Nornicotine; Solanaceae; Tobacco specific nitrosamines

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANACEAE;

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALKALOID; ANATABINE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; DIHYDROMETANICOTINE; ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR; JASMONIC ACID; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MPO; NICOTINATE NUCLEOTIDE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE (CARBOXYLATING); NICOTINE; NICOTINIC ACID NUCLEOTIDE; NITROSAMINE; NORNICOTINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PUTRESCINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; PUTRESCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

4-(METHYLNITROSAMINO)-1-(3-PYRIDYL)-1-BUTANONE; ADC; ALKALOID BIOSYNTHETIC GENES; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX; BBL; BERBERINE BRIDGE ENZYME-LIKE; BHLH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DMN; ENZYMOLOGY; ERF; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; JA; JASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN; JAZ; MAPKK; MATE; MEJA; METABOLISM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MTHFR; MULTIDRUG AND TOXIC COMPOUND EXTRUSION; N-METHYLPUTRESCINE OXIDASE; N-NITROSOANABASINE; N-NITROSOANATABINE; N-NITROSONORNICOTINE; NAB; NAMN; NANG; NAT; NICOTINE N-DEMETHYLASE; NICOTINE SYNTHASE; NICOTINE UPTAKE PERMEASE; NICOTINIC ACID SS-N-GLUCOSIDE; NND; NNK; NNN; NS; NUP; ODC; PMT; PON; PSEUDOOXYNICOTINE; PUTRESCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; QPT; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNAI; SOLANACEAE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO-SPECIFIC NITROSAMINE; TOBACCO-SPECIFIC NITROSAMINES; TSNA;

4-(METHYLNITROSAMINO)-1-(3-PYRIDYL)-1-BUTANONE; ADC; ALKALOID BIOSYNTHETIC GENES; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX; BBL; BERBERINE BRIDGE ENZYME-LIKE; BHLH; DIHYDROMETANICOTINE; DMN; ERF; ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR; JA; JASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN; JASMONIC ACID; JAZ; MAPKK; MATE; MEJA; METHYL JASMONATE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MPO; MTHFR; MULTIDRUG AND TOXIC COMPOUND EXTRUSION; N-METHYLPUTRESCINE OXIDASE; N-NITROSOANABASINE; N-NITROSOANATABINE; N-NITROSONORNICOTINE; NAB; NAMN; NANG; NAT; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NICOTINE; NICOTINE N-DEMETHYLASE; NICOTINE SYNTHASE; NICOTINE UPTAKE PERMEASE; NICOTINIC ACID MONONUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINIC ACID SS-N-GLUCOSIDE; NND; NNK; NNN; NORNICOTINE; NS; NUP; ODC; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PMT; PON; PSEUDOOXYNICOTINE; PUTRESCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; QPT; QUINOLINATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNAI; SOLANACEAE; TOBACCO-SPECIFIC NITROSAMINE; TOBACCO-SPECIFIC NITROSAMINES; TSNA;

ALKALOIDS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NICOTINE; NITROSAMINES; PLANT PROTEINS; PYRIDINES; TOBACCO;

EID: 84885188843     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.06.002     Document Type: Review

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