Applications of Plant Metabolic Engineering

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXI

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2. Biosynthesis of Plant Natural Products and Characterization of Plant Biosynthetic Pathways in Recombinant Microorganisms

   • Erin K. Marasco, Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

   Pages 1-43

3. Plant Molecular Farming: Host Systems, Technology and Products

   • G.B. Sunil Kumar, T.R. Ganapathi, L. Srinivas, V.A. Bapat

   Pages 45-77

4. Plastid Pathways

   • Tracey Ruhlman, Henry Daniell

   Pages 79-108

5. Metabolic Engineering of the Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Plants: Functional Genomics Approaches

   • Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey, Suvi T. Häkkinen, Heiko Rischer

   Pages 109-127

6. Polyamine Biosynthetic Pathway: A Potential Target for Enhancing Alkaloid Production

   • Esha Bhattacharya, M. V. Rajam

   Pages 129-143

7. Metabolic Engineering in Alkaloid Biosynthesis: Case Studies in Tyrosine- and Putrescine-Derived Alkaloids

   • Fumihiko Sato, Koji Inai, Takashi Hashimoto

   Pages 145-173

8. Application of Metabolic Engineering to Vanillin Biosynthetic Pathways in Vanilla Planifolia

   • Daphna Havkin-Frenkel, Faith C. Belanger

   Pages 175-196

9. Pathway Engineering of the Plant Vitamin C Metabolic Network

   • Argelia Lorence, Craig L. Nessler

   Pages 197-217

10. Metabolic Engineering of Terpenoid Biosynthesis in Plants

    • Joost Lücker, Harro J. Bouwmeester, Asaph Aharoni

    Pages 219-236

11. Metabolic Engineering of Seed Oil Biosynthetic Pathways for Human Health

    • Howard G. Damude, Anthony J. Kinney

    Pages 237-247

12. Metabolic Engineering in Sugarcane: Assisting the Transition to a Bio-based Economy

    • Robert G. Birch

    Pages 249-281

13. Single-chain Fv Antibody Stimulates Biosynthesis of Secondary Metabolites in Plants

    • Waraporn Putalun, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yukihiro Shoyama

    Pages 283-295

14. Metabolic Engineering of Sulfur Assimilation in Plants

    • Masaaki Noji, Kazuki Saito

    Pages 297-309

15. Approaches to Quality Plant Based Medicine: Significance of Chemical Profiling

    • Praveen K. Saxena, Ian B. Cole, Susan J. Murch

    Pages 311-330

16. Back Matter

    Pages 331-332

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R. VERPOORTE Division of Pharmacognosy, section Metabolomics, IBL, Leiden University PO Box 9502, 2300RA Leiden, The Netherlands, Email: VERPOORT@LACDR.LeidenUniv.NL In the past years the interest in plant secondary has increased rapidly. Three major reasons can be mentioned for this. First because plants are a major source for the production of medicines and the development of novel medicines; second because plants contain health promoting secondary metabolites, third because of the interest in the resistance of plants against pests and diseases in which the secondary metabolism plays a crucial role. Seven years ago we edited a book (Verpoorte and Alfermann 2000) on the engineering of plant secondary metabolism. A general overview was given of plant secondary metabolism, and the strategies one could envisage for engineering plant secondary metabolite pathways. Furthermore, a number of examples were presented describing the state-of-the-art of engineering plant secondary metabolism. Now we have again compiled a series of papers on the engineering of plant metabolism.

• Assimilat
• Chloroplast
• Plant metabolic engineering
• Tyrosin
• Vitamin
• biosynthesis
• biotechnology
• breeding
• microorganism
• microorganisms
• natural product
• plant breeding
• genetic engineering

From the reviews:

"Impressive progress has been made in this rapidly growing area of second generation biotechnology. … is an updated comprehensive reference on the applications of plant metabolic engineering. … This book will prove useful for researchers and professionals alike who are into the field of plant metabolic engineering. It must be emphasized that each chapter in the book is well referenced with current literature, which highlights the task of ending a book in this ever-expanding field … . The authors have done a commendable job." (C. Jayabaskaran, Current Science, Vol. 93 (12), 2007)

• Leiden University, The Netherlands

  R. Verpoorte

• Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany

  A.W. Alfermann

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