Biology 407b

Plant Secondary Metabolism

 

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Plant Secondary Metabolism: A Primer

 

 

 

Chapter 24 Natural Products by R. Croteau, T.M. Kutchan, N.G. Lewis

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants, B. Buchanan et al., 2000, ASPB

 

 

ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN PLANTS: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Regulation, and Metabolic Engineering Applications

Peter J. Facchini

Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 2001. 52:29–66

 

 

THE 1-DEOXY-D-XYLULOSE-5-PHOSPHATE PATHWAY OF ISOPRENOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN PLANTS

Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler

Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 1999. 50:47–65

 

 

GIBBERELLIN BIOSYNTHESIS: Enzymes, Genes and Their Regulation

Peter Hedden

Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 1997. 48:431–60

 

Plant Volatiles as a Defense Against Insect Herbivores

Paul W. Pare΄ and James H. Tumlinson

Plant Physiology 1999, 121: 325–331

The Expanding Universe of Alkaloid Biosynthesis

Vincenzo De Luca and Pierre Laflamme

Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2001, 4:225–233

An Investigation of the Storage and Biosynthesis of Phenylpropenes in Sweet Basil

David R. Gang et al.

Plant Physiology 2001, 125:539-555

Rewriting the Lignin Roadmap

John M Humphreys and Clint Chapple

Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2002, 5:224-229