Opportunities in metabolic engineering to facilitate scalable alkaloid production

Numerous drugs and drug precursors in the current pharmacopoeia originate from plant sources. The limited yield of some bioactive compounds in plant tissues, however, presents a significant challenge for large-scale drug development. Metabolic engineering has facilitated the development of plant cel...

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Main Authors: Leonard, Effendi (Contributor), Runguphan, Weerawat (Contributor), O'Connor, Sarah Ellen (Contributor), Prather, Kristala L. Jones (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2012-01-30T16:41:27Z.
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