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![Can we now engineer Claviceps to produce ergot alkaloids without the toxicity of IDTs?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/30fdd7_4a569ca3e1734971af532f0484ed356c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/30fdd7_4a569ca3e1734971af532f0484ed356c~mv2.webp)
Can we now engineer Claviceps to produce ergot alkaloids without the toxicity of IDTs?
This work provides a hitherto missing functional proof for the involvement of [select genes] in IDT production in C. paspali, and opens...
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![Expanded biosynthetic pathway of ergot alkaloids in Claviceps gigantea](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/30fdd7_1fef8c7fad18493f9b3d4a4f355f9e26~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/30fdd7_1fef8c7fad18493f9b3d4a4f355f9e26~mv2.webp)
Expanded biosynthetic pathway of ergot alkaloids in Claviceps gigantea
The results of our genetic, biochemical, and chemical analyses demonstrate that some isolates of C. gigantea, the ergot pathogen of...
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![100 years later, new ergot alkaloids are still being discovered](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/30fdd7_581f5f1a5cf84ec9a977c2328d489c2b~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/30fdd7_581f5f1a5cf84ec9a977c2328d489c2b~mv2.webp)
100 years later, new ergot alkaloids are still being discovered
The application of highly sensitive multiresidue myco- toxin analysis by LC/MS-MS together with the availability of pure ergot alkaloid...
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Solving the mystery of ergot evolution
Despite having over 100 million years of historical evidence as a parasitic eukaryote, studies for Claviceps have yet to provide answers...
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