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Induction of pyridine alkaloid formation in transformed root cultures of Nicotiana tabacum.

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Hairy root cultures of Nicotiana tabacum were set up by excised root tips with Agrobacterium rhizogenes. The successful transformation was confirmed by analyzing rolC and virC genes using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Hairy root cultures were employed to study the formation of pyridine alkaloids,

Functional characterisation of genes involved in pyridine alkaloid biosynthesis in tobacco.

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Although secondary metabolism in Nicotiana tabacum (L.) (tobacco) is rather well studied, many molecular aspects of the biosynthetic pathways and their regulation remain to be disclosed, even for prominent compounds such as nicotine and other pyridine alkaloids. To identify players in tobacco

A MDR transporter contributes to the different extracellular production of sesquiterpene pyridine alkaloids between adventitious root and hairy root liquid cultures of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook.f.

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UNASSIGNED TwMDR1 transports sesquiterpene pyridine alkaloids, wilforine and wilforgine, into the hairy roots of T. wilfordii Hook.f. resulting in low secretion ratio of alkaloids. Hairy roots (HRs) exhibit high growth rate and biochemical and genetic stability. However, varying secondary

The A622 gene in Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco): evidence for a functional role in pyridine alkaloid synthesis.

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Nicotiana glauca (Argentinean tree tobacco) is atypical within the genus Nicotiana, accumulating predominantly anabasine rather than nicotine and/or nornicotine as the main component of its leaf pyridine alkaloid fraction. The current study examines the role of the A622 gene from N. glauca (NgA622)

Root-to-shoot translocation of alkaloids is dominantly suppressed in Nicotiana alata.

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In tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), nicotine and related pyridine alkaloids are produced in the root, and then transported to the aerial parts where these toxic chemicals function as part of chemical defense against insect herbivory. Although a few tobacco transporters have been recently reported to

Alkaloid chemophenetics and transcriptomics of the Nicotiana genus

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In this study, we determined the pyridine alkaloid content (nicotine, nornicotine, anabasine, anatabine, cotinine, and myosmine) of 58 species and 2 subspecies of the Nicotiana genus by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. We observed clear correlation between

Survival and development of Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae on isogenic tobacco lines with different levels of alkaloids.

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Levels of pyridine alkaloids were measured in 18 tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum L., entries from three parental isolines ('NC 95', 'SC 58', and 'Coker 139'), grown at Tifton, GA, Florence, SC, and Oxford, NC, in 1991. Levels of alkaloids in bud leaves (first fully unfolded leaf below the apical leaf

Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco) intoxication--two cases in one family.

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We present two cases of rare human poisoning in one family following ingestion of cooked leaves from the tobacco tree plant, Nicotiana glauca. The toxic principle of N. glauca, anabasine (C10H14N2), is a small pyridine alkaloid, similar in both structure and effects to nicotine, but appears to be

Activation of the de novo pathway for pyridine nucleotide biosynthesis prior to ricinine biosynthesis in castor beans.

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The ricinine content of etiolated seedlings of Ricinus communis increased nearly 12-fold over a 4-day period. In plants quinolinic acid is an intermediate in the de novo pathway for the synthesis of pyridine nucleotides. The only known enzyme in the de novo pathway for pyridine nucleotide

Increased Leaf Nicotine Content by Targeting Transcription Factor Gene Expression in Commercial Flue-Cured Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.).

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Nicotine, the most abundant pyridine alkaloid in cultivated tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.), is a potent inhibitor of insect and animal herbivory and a neurostimulator of human brain function. Nicotine biosynthesis is controlled developmentally and can be induced by abiotic and biotic

Translocation and accumulation of nicotine via distinct spatio-temporal regulation of nicotine transporters in Nicotiana tabacum.

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In plants, secondary metabolites play important roles in adaptation to the environment. Nicotine, a pyridine alkaloid in Nicotiana tabacum, functions as chemical barrier against herbivores. Nicotine produced in the root undergoes long-distance transport and accumulates mainly in the leaves. Since

Antisense-mediated down-regulation of putrescine N-methyltransferase activity in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum L. can lead to elevated levels of anatabine at the expense of nicotine.

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Nicotiana tabacum L. produces a number of pyridine alkaloids, with nicotine representing the major component and anatabine comprising most of the remainder of the alkaloid fraction. An antisense approach was used here to down-regulate activity of the important enzyme putrescine N-methyltransferase

Structure and expression of the quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase (QPT) gene family in Nicotiana.

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Synthesis of wound-inducible pyridine alkaloids is characteristic of species in the genus Nicotiana. The enzyme quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase (QPT) plays a key role in facilitating the availability of precursors for alkaloid synthesis, in addition to its ubiquitous role in enabling NAD(P)(H)

High Temperature Induces Expression of Tobacco Transcription Factor NtMYC2a to Regulate Nicotine and JA Biosynthesis.

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Environmental stress elevates the level of jasmonic acid (JA) and activates the biosynthesis of nicotine and related pyridine alkaloids in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) by up-regulating the expression of putrescine N-methyltransferase 1 (NtPMT1), which encodes a putrescine N-methyl transferase that

In vitro cytotoxicity of Nicotiana gossei leaves, used in the Australian Aboriginal smokeless tobacco known as pituri or mingkulpa.

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The Aboriginal population of Central Australia use endemic Nicotiana species to make a smokeless tobacco product known usually as pituri or mingkulpa. Nicotiana leaves are masticated with wood ash into a 'quid' that is chewed/sucked for absorption of nicotine. In addition to nicotine, smokeless

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