African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Transcriptional profiling of three key genes of terpenoid indole alkaloid pathway in Catharanthus roseus under different tissue culture conditions

Mona M. Moghazee
  • Mona M. Moghazee
  • Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Fatma M. I. Badawy
  • Fatma M. I. Badawy
  • Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
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S. Edris
  • S. Edris
  • Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Section of Genomics and Biotechnology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), P. O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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I. S. Ibrahim
  • I. S. Ibrahim
  • Department of Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
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F. M. El-Ddomyati
  • F. M. El-Ddomyati
  • Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Section of Genomics and Biotechnology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), P. O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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A. Bahieldin*
  • A. Bahieldin*
  • Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Section of Genomics and Biotechnology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), P. O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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  •  Accepted: 01 August 2012
  •  Published: 19 March 2014

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