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Plants have evolved a complex secondary metabolism for the production of an enormous range of secondary metabolites which comprises three major classes of natural products — the phenylpropanoids, isoprenoids and alkaloids. Many of these fulfil important functions in the plant’s interaction with the environment and were used from human as drugs, colour pigments and fragrances. During the past years, considerable progress has been made in identifying the genes underlying their synthesis and understanding how their synthesis is regulated. Elaborate gene transfer tools have been developed and are applicable for a wide range of plants. Therefore, genetic engineering approaches for the manipulation of plant secondary metabolism are now feasible.
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Hain, R., Grimmig, B. (2000). Modification of Plant Secondary Metabolism by Genetic Engineering. In: Verpoorte, R., Alfermann, A.W. (eds) Metabolic Engineering of Plant Secondary Metabolism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9423-3_11
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