Herbicidal pyridyl derivatives of aminomethylene-bisphosphonic acid inhibit plant glutamine synthetase

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3337-3344

  Obojska, Agnieszka ^a   Berlicki, Lukasz ^a   Kafarski, Paweł ^a   Lejczak, Barbara ^a   Chicca, Milvia ^b   Forlani, Giuseppe ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; Aminomethylene bisphosphonic acid derivatives; Glutamine synthetase; Herbicides; Nitrogen metabolism; Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Indexed keywords

AMINOMETHYLENEBISPHOSPHONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; HERBICIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL SUSPENSION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; HERBICIDAL ACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PURIFICATION; RICE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

DIPHOSPHONATES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HERBICIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORYZA SATIVA; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 2542456954     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf049843q     Document Type: Article

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