Metabolic engineering for the production of plant isoquinoline alkaloids

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1319-1328

  Diamond, Andrew ^a   Desgagné Penix, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Isoquinoline alkaloid; Metabolic engineering; Plant metabolism; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKALOIDS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ISOQUINOLINES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84949669798     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12494     Document Type: Review

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