Polyamine-derived alkaloids in plants: Molecular elucidation of biosynthesis

Polyamines: A Universal Molecular Nexus for Growth, Survival, and Specialized Metabolism

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 189-200

  Shoji, Tsubasa ^a   Hashimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nicotine; Putrescine; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Solanaceae; Spermidine; Tropane alkaloids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967313944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-55212-3_16     Document Type: Chapter

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