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Terpenes and Isoprenoids
Terpene and isoprenoid compounds comprise the largest class of secondary metabolites. The biological role of secondary metabolites has been recognized as pivotal in the survival and evolution of higher plants. Terpenes and isoprenoids find application in pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, synthetic chemistry, flavor fragrance, and possibly biofuel industries.
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Soheil Mahmoud
Dr. Mahmoud joined UBC Okanagan (formerly Okanagan University College) in 2004 to initiate a research program in the area of plant natural products metabolism. His first challenge was to develop a research infrastructure and acquire modern equipment. The construction of his facility (the CFI-funded Natural Products Laboratory) was completed in late 2005. His research is concerned with the metabolism of isoprenoids in plants. More specifically, his lab is interested in the molecular, cellular, biochemical and environmental factors that regulate the quality and quantity of aromas and essential oils produced by herbal and medicinal plants.
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Anastasios Melis
Anastasios Melis is a professor in the Department of Plan and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Planta. Expertise of the Melis lab is in the field of photosynthesis. They work with land plants, microalgae, cyanobacteria, and non-oxygenic (anaerobic) photosynthetic bacteria. Their platform includes most aspects of photosynthesis, beginning with organism cultivation, the efficiency of light absorption and utilization, electron transport and biochemical energy generation, and chloroplast and cellular metabolism.
Articles (19 in this collection)
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Occurrence of brassinosteroids and influence of 24-epibrassinolide with brassinazole on their content in the leaves and roots of Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Golden Promise
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Overexpression of geraniol synthase induces heat stress susceptibility in Nicotiana tabacum
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Engineering modular diterpene biosynthetic pathways in Physcomitrella patens
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A hypothesis about the origin of carotenoid lipid droplets in the green algae Dunaliella and Haematococcus
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From plant physiology to pharmacology: fusicoccin leaves the leaves
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De novo sequencing of the Lavandula angustifolia genome reveals highly duplicated and optimized features for essential oil production
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Functional characterization and expression analysis of two terpene synthases involved in floral scent formation in Lilium ‘Siberia’
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Biosynthesis and function of terpenoid defense compounds in maize (Zea mays)
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Functional characterization of an oxidosqualene cyclase (PdFRS) encoding a monofunctional friedelin synthase in Populus davidiana
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In planta and in silico characterization of five sesquiterpene synthases from Vitis vinifera (cv. Shiraz) berries
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Transcriptomic changes triggered by carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors and role of Citrus sinensis phosphate transporter 4;2 (CsPHT4;2) in enhancing carotenoid accumulation
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Effect of diflufenican on total carotenoid and phytoene production in carrot suspension-cultured cells
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Bio-solar cell factories for photosynthetic isoprenoids production
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RNA-Seq in the discovery of a sparsely expressed scent-determining monoterpene synthase in lavender (Lavandula)
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