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The Integration of Cardenolide Biosynthesis in the Differentiation Program “Somatic Embryogenesis” of Digitalis lanata

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Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Plant Cell Cultures II

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The restriction to certain specialized cells, tissues, or organs, as well as to certain developmental stages is the most outstanding characteristic of secondary metabolism. In several experimental systems it was shown that this “phase dependence” is caused by the synthesis of the enzymes forming the secondary compounds shortly before or during the expression of the biosynthesis of secondary products. This demonstrated that secondary metabolism is the result of differential gene expression [1–3].

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  1. Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N OW9, Canada

    Wolfgang G. W. Kurz

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Luckner, M., Diettrich, B. (1989). The Integration of Cardenolide Biosynthesis in the Differentiation Program “Somatic Embryogenesis” of Digitalis lanata . In: Kurz, W.G.W. (eds) Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Plant Cell Cultures II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74551-5_13

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