| [heterologous expression of a synthetic gene encoding a novel hevein-type antimicrobial peptide of leymus arenarius in escherichia coli cells]. | a novel antifungal peptide, lamp-ia, was isolated from sand-elymus (leymus arenarius) seeds. expression of a synthetic gene encoding this peptide in escherichia coli cells was obtained. the target peptide was expressed as a fusion with thioredoxin. identity of the recombinant peptide to native lamp-ia was confirmed by chromatography, mass spectrometry, and amino acid sequencing. lamp-ia displayed a high inhibitory activity in respect of a number of phytopathogenic fungi in in vitro assays, which ... | 2010 | 21434417 |
| plant species introduced by foreigners according to folk tradition in norway and some other european countries: xenophobic tales or not? | in their quest to understand and interpret nature, people have frequently sought religious or divine origins for plant species and their characteristics. less often, historical events or persons are involved. this study comprises eleven cases of the latter kind, all claiming that plant species have been introduced by foreigners or at least from foreign lands. | 2015 | 26438411 |
| links between genetic groups, indole alkaloid profiles and ecology within the grass-parasitic claviceps purpurea species complex. | the grass parasitic fungus claviceps purpurea sensu lato produces sclerotia with toxic indole alkaloids. it constitutes several genetic groups with divergent habitat preferences that recently were delimited into separate proposed species. we aimed to 1) analyze genetic variation of c. purpurea sensu lato in norway, 2) characterize the associated indole alkaloid profiles, and 3) explore relationships between genetics, alkaloid chemistry and ecology. approximately 600 sclerotia from 14 different g ... | 2015 | 25928134 |