Novel bioassay for the discovery of inhibitors of the 2-C-methyl-D- erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) and terpenoid pathways leading to carotenoid biosynthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Corniani, Natália ^a   Velini, Edivaldo D ^a   Silva, Ferdinando M L ^a   Nanayakkara, N P Dhammika ^b   Witschel, Matthias ^c   Dayan, Franck E ^d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

^d NATURAL PRODUCTS UTILIZATION RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 C METHYL DEXTRO ERYTHRITOL 4 PHOSPHATE; 5 ETHOXYCLOMAZONE; CAROTENOID; CLOMAZONE; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; HERBICIDE; KETOCLOMAZONE; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOENE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; 2-C-METHYLERYTHRITOL 4-PHOSPHATE; ERYTHRITOL; ISOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; SUGAR PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON METABOLISM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITAMIN METABOLISM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOASSAY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; HORDEUM; METABOLISM;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG DISCOVERY; ERYTHRITOL; HERBICIDES; HORDEUM; ISOXAZOLES; OXAZOLIDINONES; SUGAR PHOSPHATES;

EID: 84905121351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103704     Document Type: Article

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