Abstract
Many important pharmaceutical compounds are still isolated from plants. Due to their complex structures the chemical synthesis of these secondary metabolites is usually not applied. Plant cell cultures would offer an attractive alternative production system. However, the yields in cell cultures have only in few cases been commercially feasible. Futhermore, due to the lack of understanding of the biosynthetic pathways, genetic engineering has not had much success until now. It is expected that the application of genomics, proteomics and metabolomics tools will create a paradigm shift in our ability to engineer the often complex biosynthetic pathways of plant secondary metabolites. To illustrate the power of this approach, we present some data on the genome-wide transcript cDNA-AFLP profiling in combination with a GC-MS-SIM alkaloid analysis of methyl jasmonate elicited BY-2 tobacco cells used as a model system.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond |
| Editors | Indra K. Vasil |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 465-468 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-94-017-2679-5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-90-481-6220-8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
| MoE publication type | Not Eligible |
| Event | 10th IAPTC&B Congress Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond - Orlando, United States Duration: 23 Jun 2002 → 28 Jun 2002 Conference number: 10 |
Conference
| Conference | 10th IAPTC&B Congress Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Orlando |
| Period | 23/06/02 → 28/06/02 |
Keywords
- secondary metabolite
- amplify fragment length polymorphism
- methyl jasmonate
- plant cell culture
- plant secondary metabolite