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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...


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...


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...


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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