Rethinking production of Taxol® (paclitaxel) using endophyte biotechnology

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 304-311

  Kusari, Souvik ^a   Singh, Satpal ^b   Jayabaskaran, Chelliah ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Bio reactor design; Biosynthetic pathway; Co cultivation; Endophyte biotechnology; Endophytic fungi; Genetic engineering; Industrial bioprocess; Plant microbe interaction; Red biotechnology; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY; METABOLITES;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CO-CULTIVATION; ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI; INDUSTRIAL BIOPROCESS; PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS; RED BIOTECHNOLOGIES; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

HYDROGELS;

PACLITAXEL;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENDOPHYTE; ENDOPHYTIC FUNGUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAXUS; TAXUS BREVIFOLIA; ZYGOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICS; PROCEDURES;

FUNGI;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENDOPHYTES; FUNGI; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; PACLITAXEL; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84901061244     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.03.011     Document Type: Review

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