EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE OF NICOTINE TO NORNICOTINE CONVERSION, ITS REGULATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EIN2 MEDIATED ETHYLENE SIGNALING IN TOBACCO

Nicotine, nornicotine, anabasine and anatabine are four major alkaloids in tobacco, of which nicotine is predominant. In many tobacco cultivars and also in other Nicotiana species, nicotine is converted to nornicotine, which in turn gives rise to potent carcinogen NNN. Nicotine to nornicotine conver...

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Main Author: Chakrabarti, Manohar
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2010
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/88
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1089&context=gradschool_diss

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