Enhancing tropane alkaloid production based on the functional identification of tropine-forming reductase in scopolia lurida, a tibetan medicinal plant

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Zhao, Kaihui ^a,b   Zeng, Junlan ^a   Zhao, Tengfei ^a   Zhang, Haoxing ^c   Qiu, Fei ^a   Yang, Chunxian ^a   Zeng, Lingjiang ^a   Liu, Xiaoqiang ^a   Chen, Min ^a   Lan, Xiaozhong ^b,d   Liao, Zhihua ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College   (China)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Enzymatic assay; Metabolic engineering; Scopolia lurida; Tropane alkaloids; Tropine forming reductase

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034036789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01745     Document Type: Article

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