Ornithine and arginine decarboxylase activities and effect of some polyamine biosynthesis inhibitors on Gigaspora rosea germinating spores

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-121

  Sannazzaro, Analía I ^a   Álvarez, Cora L ^a   Menéndez, Ana B ^a,b   Pieckenstain, Fernando L ^a   Albertó, Edgardo O ^a   Ruiz, Oscar A ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus; Arginine decarboxylase; Cyclohexylamine; Ornithine decarboxylase; Difluoromethylarginine; Difluoromethylornithine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DIFLUOROMETHYLARGININE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; EFLORNITHINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GERMINATION; GIGASPORA ROSEA; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

FUNGI; GIGASPORA; GIGASPORA ROSEA;

EID: 0347123154     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00880-2     Document Type: Article

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