Artemisinin biosynthesis in artemisia annua l.

Project Information

TOMA STEFANIA MIRELA

Grant agreement ID: QLK3-CT-2000-52143

Project closed

Start date 15 June 2001

End date 14 June 2003

Funded under

• Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002

Total cost € 142 584,00

EU contribution € 142 584,00

Coordinated by

University of Kalmar
Sweden

Objective

The main objective is to increase the production of artemisinin by metabolic engineering. Atomise annual plants will be transformed with constructs encoding a sesquiterpene cycles, amorpha-4, 11-diene syntheses or the MIXTA gene from Antirrhinum involved in glandular trachoma development.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › industrial biotechnology › metabolic engineering

Programme(s)

• FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002

Topic(s)

• 1.1.1.-3. - Key action The "Cell factory"

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships)

Coordinator

University of Kalmar

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Barlastagatan 1 ; 391 82 KALMAR ; Sweden
• Total cost: No data