Promoting scopolamine biosynthesis in transgenic Atropa belladonna plants with pmt and h6h overexpression under field conditions

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 106, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-53

  Xia, Ke ^a   Liu, Xiaoqiang ^a   Zhang, Qiaozhuo ^a   Qiang, Wei ^a   Guo, Jianjun ^b   Lan, Xiaozhong ^c   Chen, Min ^a   Liao, Zhihua ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atropa belladonna; Hyoscyamine 6 hydroxylase; Metabolic engineering; Putrescine N methyltransferase; Tropane alkaloids

Indexed keywords

HYOSCYAMINE (6S)-DIOXYGENASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PUTRESCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; SCOPOLAMINE BROMIDE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ATROPA BELLADONNA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYOSCYAMUS; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ATROPA BELLADONNA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HYOSCYAMUS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84964447113     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.04.034     Document Type: Article

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