Metabolite diversity in alkaloid biosynthesis: A multilane (diastereomer) highway for camptothecin synthesis in camptotheca acuminata

Plant Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1926-1944

  Sadre, Radin ^a   Magallanes Lundback, Maria ^a   Pradhan, Sujana ^b   Salim, Vonny ^a   Mesberg, Alex ^a   Jones, A Daniel ^a,b   Dellapenna, Dean ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CAMPTOTHECIN; CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSIDE; PLANT PROTEIN; STRICTOSIDINIC ACID;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CAMPTOTHECA; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ALKALOIDS; CAMPTOTHECA; CAMPTOTHECIN; CARBOLINES; GLYCOSIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84984846124     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00193     Document Type: Article

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