Universiteit Gent

Vib Vzw

Universiteit Leiden

Vib Xvzw

Vtt Biotechnology

Alain Goossens

Jacob Pollier

Johan Memelink

Alex Van Moerkercke

Jan Mertens

Dirk Inze

Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey

Into J Laakso

Tessa Moses

Lorena Almagro Romero

This disclosure relates to the field of secondary metabolite production in plants. More specifically, the disclosure relates to chimeric genes encoding a bHLH protein of subfamily Iva comprising a bHLH domain and their use in the regulation of biosynthesis and/or production of secondary metabolites in plants and plant-derived cell cultures.

Means and methods for regulating secondary metabolite production in plants

This disclosure relates to the field of secondary metabolite production in plants. More specifically, the disclosure relates to chimeric genes and their use in the regulation of biosynthesis and/or production of secondary metabolites in plants and plant-derived cell cultures.

The disclosure relates to a method for enhancing the biosynthesis and/or secretion of sapogenins in the culture medium of plant and microbial cell cultures. Further, the disclosure also relates to the identification of novel genes involved in the biosynthesis of sapogenin intermediates, as well as to novel sapogenin compounds.

Triterpenoid sapogenin production in plant and microbial cultures

The invention relates to the field of secondary metabolite production in plants and plant cell cultures. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of transporters and more particularly ABC-transporters to enhance the production and/or secretion of secondary metabolites in plants and plant cell cultures.

Use of genes encoding membrane transporter pumps to stimulate the production of secondary metabolites in biological cells

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