Enhanced triterpene accumulation in Panax ginseng hairy roots overexpressing mevalonate-5-pyrophosphate decarboxylase and farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 773-779

  Kim, Yong Kyoung ^a,c   Kim, Yeon Bok ^a   Uddin, Md Romij ^a   Lee, Sanghyun ^b   Kim, Soo Un ^c   Park, Sang Un ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Overexpression; Panax ginseng; Transgenic hairy root; Triterpene

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLYASE; ENZYME; FARNESYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GINSENOSIDE; MEVALONATE 5 PYROPHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; PHYTOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; SYNTHETASE; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; PYROPHOSPHOMEVALONATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRY WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GINSENG; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOBIUM RHIZOGENES; WILD TYPE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PANAX; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

PANAX GINSENG;

CARBOXY-LYASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PANAX; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRITERPENES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84908071473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb400194g     Document Type: Article

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