Relationship between the Claviceps life cycle and productivity of ergot alkaloids

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-299

  Didek Brumec, M ^a   Gaberc Porekar, V ^b   Alacevic M ^c  

^a Lek dd   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis of alkaloids; Claviceps life cycle; Metabolism; Physiology; Sclerotial growth; Strain selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001361697     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388559609147423     Document Type: Article

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