Transgenesis and Secondary Metabolism

This handbook provides comprehensive reference information on the efficient production of secondary metabolites from plants by transgenesis and other genetic manipulation strategies. It reviews and summarizes selected important case studies in genetic methods applied to enhance the production of a g...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jha, Sumita (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
Series:Reference Series in Phytochemistry
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part II Hairy roots and Secondary Metabolism: Secondary Products from Plant Cell Cultures – Early Experiences with Agrobacterium rhizogenes-transformed Hairy Roots
  • Secondary Metabolite Production in Transgenic Hairy Root Cultures of Cucurbits
  • “Hairy Root” Technology: An Emerging Arena for Heterologous Expression of Biosynthetic Pathway Genes in Medicinal Plants
  • Agrobacterium rhizogenes -Mediated Transformation in Medicinal Plants: Genetic Stability in Long Term Culture
  • Biotransformation Through Hairy Roots: Perspectives, Outcomes, and Major Challenges
  • Part III Metabolic Engineering: Metabolic Engineering of Lignan Biosynthesis Pathways for the Production of Transgenic Plant-Based Foods
  • The Elucidation and Metabolic Engineering of Terpenoid Indole Alkaloid Pathway in Catharanthus roseus Hairy Roots
  • Pathway Modulation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Through Metabolic Engineering Using Agrobacterium tumefaciens
  • Metabolic Engineering for Improving the Production of Taxol
  • Metabolic Engineering of Phenyl Propanoids in Plants
  • Part IV Metabolic Phytochemistry and Functional Analysis: Metabolic Phytochemistry-Based Approaches for Studying Secondary Metabolism Using Transformed Root Culture Systems
  • Functional Analysis and the Role of Members of SGT Gene Family of Withania somnifera
  • Part V Applications and Future Prospects: Phytochemicals of Nematode-resistant Transgenic Plants
  • Plant Molecular Pharming
  • Biotechnological Approaches for Bioremediation: In Vitro Hairy Root Culture
  • Genetic Manipulation and Its Contribution to Pharmaceuticals: Past and Future Perspectives.
  • Part I General Aspects of Transgenesis and Secondary Metabolism: DNA Transfer to Plants by Agrobacterium rhizogenes: A Model for Genetic Communication Between Species and Biospheres
  • Secondary Metabolism and the Rationale for Systems Manipulation
  • Plant Cell Cultures as Producers of Secondary Metabolites: Podophyllum Lignans as a Model
  • Secondary Metabolite Production in Transformed Cultures
  • Antimalarial Compound Synthesis from Transgenic Cultures
  • Evaluation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Usefulness for the Transformation of Sage (Salvia Officinalis L.)
  • Ruta Graveolens: Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Biotechnology
  • Secondary Metabolite Profile of Transgenic Centaury (Centaurium erythraea Rafn.) Plants, Potential Producers of Anticancer Compounds
  • Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels: Cardiometabolic Properties and Potential Tissue Culture-Based Improvement of Secondary Metabolites Production