Stable heterologous expression of biologically active terpenoids in green plant cells

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Ikramt, Nur Kusaira Binti Khairul ^a,b   Zhan, Xin ^a   Pan, Xi Wu ^a   King, Brian C ^a   Simonsen, Henrik T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua References; Nicotiana tabacum; Physcomitreiia patens; Plants; Terpenoid production

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 84928045168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00129     Document Type: Review

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