Effectiveness and mode of action of phosphonate inhibitors of plant glutamine synthetase

Pest Management Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-58

  Occhipinti, Andrea ^a   Berlicki, Lukasz ^b   Giberti, Samuele ^a   Dziȩdzioła, Gabriela ^b   Kafarski, Paweł ^b   Forlani, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amino acid biosynthesis inhibitors as herbicides; Aminomethylenebisphosphonic acids; Cytosolic enzyme form; Docking analysis; Glutamine synthetase

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; HERBICIDE;

AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HERBICIDE; INHIBITOR; MAIZE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CYTOSOL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MAIZE; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CYTOSOL; DIPHOSPHONATES; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HERBICIDES; KINETICS; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDLING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 72249106292     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1830     Document Type: Article

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