Paclitaxel: Biosynthesis, production and future prospects

New Biotechnology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 242-245

  Howat, Susan ^a   Park, Bora ^a,b   Oh, Il Suk ^b   Jin, Young Woo ^b   Lee, Eun Kyong ^b   Loake, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Unhwa Corp   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ANTICANCER DRUG; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; DIVERSE RANGE; FUTURE PROSPECTS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PACLITAXEL; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

HYDROGELS;

PACLITAXEL;

DRUG HYDROXYLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; HUMANS; PACLITAXEL;

EID: 84897856218     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: 18764347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2014.02.010     Document Type: Review

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