How Plant Cells Synthesize Pharmaceutical Compounds

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 10:01 in Biology & Nature

A Finnish researcher's work on two plants -- tobacco and Egyptian henbane -- is yielding new information about the functions of genes involved with the biosynthesis of plant secondary metabolites. The results can be used in developing production of valuable pharmaceuticals in plant cell cultures.

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