Engineered yeast paves way for home-brew heroin

Nature. 2015 May 21;521(7552):267-8. doi: 10.1038/251267a.
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Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzylisoquinolines / metabolism
  • Beta vulgaris / enzymology
  • Beta vulgaris / genetics
  • Biotechnology / methods*
  • Drug Trafficking / prevention & control*
  • Heroin / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Metabolic Engineering*
  • Morphine / biosynthesis
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism*
  • Synthetic Biology

Substances

  • Benzylisoquinolines
  • Heroin
  • Morphine
  • reticuline