Benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in opium poppy

Planta

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-32

  Beaudoin, Guillaume A W ^a   Facchini, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic gene discovery; Cellular compartmentalization; Functional genomics; Laticifer; Papaver somniferum; Sieve element; Specialized metabolism

Indexed keywords

PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM;

ALKALOID; BENZYLISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; OPIATE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PAPAVER; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ALKALOIDS; BENZYLISOQUINOLINES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOMICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPIUM; PAPAVER; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84903173558     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-014-2056-8     Document Type: Review

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