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Manipulating secondary metabolism in cultured plant cells
Author(s) -
YEOMAN M. M.,
YEOMAN C. L.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04921.x
Subject(s) - secondary metabolism , plant metabolism , biochemical engineering , biology , plant cell , microbiology and biotechnology , metabolic engineering , plant development , secondary metabolite , computational biology , metabolism , production (economics) , biochemistry , biosynthesis , enzyme , gene , engineering , rna , macroeconomics , economics
summary This review attempts to present an overall strategy for the production of useful secondary metabolites by cultured plant cells. After consideration of the nature and utility of secondary metabolites and the possible role of these substances to the plant, the review focuses attention on the properties of the plant cells in culture and how the cell populations and their physical and chemical environment can be manipulated to encourage the synthesis and accumulation of secondary products. Finally, consideration is given to the involvement of genetic engineering in the production of cells to perform particular metabolic tasks and how these techniques might contribute to the development of a new strategy to enable the production of useful secondary metabolites on a commercial scale.CONTENTSSummary 553 I. Introduction 553 II. Development of a strategy 555 III. Concluding remarks 565Acknowledgements 565References 565