Steviol glycosides profile in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni hairy roots cultured under oxidative stress-inducing conditions

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 104, Issue 13, 2020, Pages 5929-5941

  Libik Konieczny, Marta ^a   Michalec Warzecha, Żaneta ^a   Dziurka, Michał ^a   Zastawny, Olga ^b   Konieczny, Robert ^b   Rozpądek, Piotr ^b   Pistelli, Laura ^c  

^a THE FRANCISZEK GÓRSKI INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Oxidative stress; Secondary metabolism; Stevia; Steviosides; Transcription; Transformation

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; OSMOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR SUBSTITUTES; SUGARS;

BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; CULTURE CONDITIONS; EXPRESSION LEVELS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC POTENTIAL; STEVIA REBAUDIANA BERTONI; STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY;

GLYCOSIDES;

GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KAURENOIC ACID; OXYGENASE; REBAUDIOSIDE A; REBAUDIOSIDE F; STEVIOL; STEVIOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENT-KAURENOIC ACID 13-HYDROXYLASE; GLUCOSIDE; KAURANE DERIVATIVE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PLANT PROTEIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HERB; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MORPHOLOGY; OSMOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; TRICHOME;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RATE; HAIRY ROOT CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEVIA REBAUDIANA; UPREGULATION; AGROBACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT ROOT; STEVIA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; STEVIA REBAUDIANA;

AGROBACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CULTURE MEDIA; DITERPENES, KAURANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSIDES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIGHT; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STEVIA;

EID: 85085530615     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10661-5     Document Type: Article

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