INTERMEDIATE STEPS OF LOLINE ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS

Epichloë species and their anamorphs, Neotyphodium species, are fungal endophytes that inhabit cool-season grasses and often produce bioprotective alkaloids. These alkaloids include lolines, which are insecticidal and insect feeding deterrents. Lolines are exo-1-aminopyrrolizidines with an oxygen br...

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Main Author: Faulkner, Jerome Ralph
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2011
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/209
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1212&context=gradschool_diss