Rational herbicide design by inhibition of tryptophan biosynthesis

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2297-2302

  Finn, John ^a,b   Langevine, Charles ^a   Birk, Iwona ^a   Birk, Jeff ^a   Nickerson, Karen ^a   Rodaway, Shirley ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Enzyme Inhibitors; Herbicides; Phosphonic Acid and Derivatives

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; HERBICIDE; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION;

ENZYME INHIBITORS; HERBICIDES; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

EID: 0033575724     PISSN: 0960894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-894X(99)00340-6     Document Type: Article

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