Transcription factors: tools to engineer the production of pharmacologically active plant metabolites

P Gantet, J Memelink - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2002 - cell.com
Plants produce a variety of secondary metabolites, some of which are used as
pharmaceuticals or are health promoting as food components. Recent genetic studies on the …

Transcription factors involved in terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus

J Memelink, P Gantet - Phytochemistry Reviews, 2007 - Springer
Plants produce alkaloids, among others, to protect themselves against microbial infection,
herbivore attack or ultraviolet irradiation. For man, alkaloid metabolism is the source of many …

T-DNA insertional mutagenesis for activation tagging in rice

DH Jeong, S An, HG Kang, S Moon, JJ Han… - Plant …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
We have developed a new T-DNA vector, pGA2715, which can be used for promoter
trapping and activation tagging of rice (Oryza sativa) genes. The binary vector contains the …

Opium poppy and Madagascar periwinkle: model non‐model systems to investigate alkaloid biosynthesis in plants

PJ Facchini, V De Luca - The Plant Journal, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Alkaloids represent a large and diverse group of compounds that are related by the
occurrence of a nitrogen atom within a heterocyclic backbone. Unlike other types of …

A rice gene activation/knockout mutant resource for high throughput functional genomics

YI Hsing, CG Chern, MJ Fan, PC Lu, KT Chen… - Plant molecular …, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Using transfer DNA (T-DNA) with functions of gene trap and gene knockout and
activation tagging, a mutant population containing 55,000 lines was generated …

Opium poppy: blueprint for an alkaloid factory

PJ Facchini, JM Hagel, DK Liscombe… - Phytochemistry …, 2007 - Springer
Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) produces a large number of benzylisoquinoline
alkaloids, including the narcotic analgesics morphine and codeine, and has emerged as …

[PDF][PDF] Enhanced accumulation of catharanthine and vindoline in Catharanthus roseus hairy roots by overexpression of transcriptional factor ORCA2

DH Liu, WW Ren, LJ Cui, LD Zhang… - African Journal of …, 2011 - academicjournals.org
The AP2/ERF-domain transcription factor ORCA2 from Catharanthus roseus was
demonstrated earlier to regulate the expressions of Str gene, an important gene involved in …

[图书][B] Medicinal plants and fungi: recent advances in research and development

DC Agrawal, HS Tsay, LF Shyur, YC Wu, SY Wang - 2017 - Springer
Recent Advances in Research and Development (Springer link: http://www. springer.
com/in/book/9789811010842). In this book, chapters on medicinal fungi (mushrooms) have …

[图书][B] Catharanthus roseus

M Naeem, T Aftab, MMA Khan - 2017 - Springer
Catharanthus roseus M. Naeem· Tariq Aftab M. Masroor A. Khan Editors Catharanthus roseus
Current Research and Future Prospects Page 2 Catharanthus roseus Page 3 M. Naeem• Tariq …

Transgenic studies for modulating terpenoid indole alkaloids pathway in Catharanthus roseus: present status and future options

P Verma, AK Mathur, SA Khan, N Verma… - Phytochemistry …, 2017 - Springer
The anti-neoplastic herb Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle; Family
Apocynaceae), known to harbor> 130 bioactive terpenoid indole alkaloids (TIAs), is in global …