Young-Min Kang

TL;DR: The results from this study suggest that MJ and SA regulated directly or indirectly the expression of PMT or the H6H gene and, finally, increased the production of TA and stimulated the excretion of TA into the culture medium.

TL;DR: These findings support an active B-Z transition mechanism in which the Z alpha(ADAR1) protein first binds to B-DNA and then converts it to left-handed Z-DNA, a conformation that is then stabilized by the additional binding of a second Zalpha(ADar1) molecule.

TL;DR: The result of elicitation on tropane alkaloid biosynthesis was studied in adventitious hairy root cultures of Scopolia parviflora and the conversion ratio of hyoscyamine to scopolamine was increased following elicitation using raw bacterial elicitors.

TL;DR: The overexpression of pmt markedly elevated the scopolamine and hyoscyamine levels in the transgenic lines that showed the highest pmt mRNA and PMT protein levels, which may be useful in establishing root culture systems that generate large yields of tropane alkaloids.

TL;DR: In vitro propagation techniques through rhizome cultures provide an efficient and rapid method for shoot propagation of S. parviflora and the levels of hyoscyamine and scopolamine were higher in in vitro-propagated plants than in the native growing plants.