De novo biosynthesis of cytokinins in the biotrophic fungus Claviceps purpurea

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2935-2951

  Hinsch, Janine ^a   Vrabka, Josef ^b   Oeser, Birgitt ^a   Novák, Ondřej ^b   Galuszka, Petr ^b   Tudzynski, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; FUNGI; SECALE CEREALE;

6 N (3,3 DIMETHYLALLYL)ADENOSINE; ADENYLATE ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOKININ; N(6)-(DELTA(2)-ISOPENTENYL)ADENINE; TRANSFERASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLAVICEPS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; SECALE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CLAVICEPS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; CYTOKININS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, PLANT; ISOPENTENYLADENOSINE; SECALE;

EID: 84939268402     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12838     Document Type: Article

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