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SUBMITTER: Lange BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3193216 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lange Bernd Markus BM Mahmoud Soheil Seyed SS Wildung Mark R MR Turner Glenn W GW Davis Edward M EM Lange Iris I Baker Raymond C RC Boydston Rick A RA Croteau Rodney B RB
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20110930 41
Peppermint (Mentha × piperita L.) was transformed with various gene constructs to evaluate the utility of metabolic engineering for improving essential oil yield and composition. Oil yield increases were achieved by overexpressing genes involved in the supply of precursors through the 2C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway. Two-gene combinations to enhance both oil yield and composition in a single transgenic line were assessed as well. The most promising results were obtained by trans ...[more]