Optimization of engineered production of the glucoraphanin precursor dihomomethionine in Nicotiana benthamiana

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2016, Pages

  Crocoll, Christoph ^a   Mirza, Nadia ^a   Reichelt, Michael ^b   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^b   Halkier, Barbara Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dihomomethionine; Glucoraphanin; Glucosinolates; Metabolic engineering; Nicotiana benthamiana

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHAINS; DERIVATIVES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE; CHLOROPLAST MEMBRANES; DIHOMOMETHIONINE; GLUCORAPHANIN; GLUCOSINOLATES; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 85030641807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2016.00014     Document Type: Article

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