Nicotine's defensive function in nature

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Steppuhn, Anke ^a   Gase, Klaus ^a   Krock, Bernd ^a   Halitschke, Rayko ^a   Baldwin, Ian T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATABINE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DEXTRO 4 NICOTINIC ACID; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; ETHIDIUM; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NICOTINIC ACID; PHYTOHORMONE; T DNA; T-DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BEET; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABROTICA UNDECIMPUNCTATA; DIMERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GENE; GENE SILENCING; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH; HERBIVORY; INVERTED REPEAT; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NATURAL SCIENCE; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PLANT DAMAGE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; TOBACCO; TRIMEROTROPIS; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA; DIABROTICA UNDECIMPUNCTATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; TRIMEROTROPIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DIMERIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOLOGY; ETHIDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VECTORS; MANDUCA; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIACIN; NICOTINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 19344373461     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020217     Document Type: Article

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