Strictosidine activation in Apocynaceae: towards a "nuclear time bomb"?
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The first two enzymatic steps of monoterpene indole alkaloid (MIA) biosynthetic pathway are catalysed by strictosidine synthase (STR) that condensates tryptamine and secologanin to form strictosidine and by strictosidine β-D-glucosid...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Plant Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/10/182 |