Steroidogenesis in plants - Biosynthesis and conversions of progesterone and other pregnane derivatives

Steroids

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-152

  Lindemann, Peter ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 Beta dehydrogenase; Ketosteroidisomerase; MSBP1; Progesterone 5 alpha reductase; Progesterone 5 beta reductase; Side chain cleavage

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTRANE DERIVATIVE; ISOMERASE; PHYTOSTEROL; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PHYTOHORMONE;

HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; METABOLISM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; PREGNANES; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84945294801     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: 18785867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2015.08.007     Document Type: Review

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