RNAi and homologous over-expression based functional approaches reveal triterpenoid synthase gene-cycloartenol synthase is involved in downstream withanolide biosynthesis in withania somnifera

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Mishra, Smrati ^a   Bansal, Shilpi ^a   Mishra, Bhawana ^a   Sangwan, Rajender Singh ^a,b   Asha, ^a   Jadaun, Jyoti Singh ^a   Sangwan, Neelam S ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b CENTER OF INNOVATIVE AND APPLIED BIOPROCESSING CIAB   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOARTENOL SYNTHASE; WITHANOLIDE; MUTASE;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAS GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WITHANIA;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; WITHANIA; WITHANOLIDES;

EID: 84960410200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149691     Document Type: Article

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