Phosphinothricin analogues as inhibitors of plant glutamine synthetases

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 796-802

  Forlani, Giuseppe ^a   Obojska, Agnieszka ^b   Berlicki, Łukasz ^b   Kafarski, Paweł ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cytosolic and plastidial isoforms; Glutamine synthetase; Herbicides; Nitrogen metabolism; Phosphinothricin derivatives

Indexed keywords

AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; ISOENZYME; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; PLANT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPINACH; TOBACCO;

AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; CHLOROPLASTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; PLANTS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 33244476696     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0526285     Document Type: Article

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