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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...
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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
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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