Hypericin biosynthesis in Hypericum hookerianum Wight and Arn: Investigation on biochemical pathways using metabolite inhibitors and suppression subtractive hybridization

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 337, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 571-580

  Pillai, Padmesh P ^a   Nair, Aswati R ^b  

^a Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

Fosmidomycin; Glyphosate; Hypericin; Hypericum hookerianum; Mevinolin; SSH; Type III PKS

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; FOSMIDOMYCIN; GLYPHOSATE; HYPERICIN; MEVINOLIN; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; EMODIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GLYCINE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERYLENE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYPHOSATE; HERB; HORMONE; HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBITOR; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALLUS CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM HOOKERIANUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHOOT; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PLANT; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

HYPERICUM;

EMODIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GLYCINE; HYPERICUM; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LOVASTATIN; PERYLENE; PLANT SHOOTS; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84908086122     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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