Role of polyamines in the ontogeny of plants and their biotechnological applications

H Pal Bais, GA Ravishankar - Plant cell, tissue and organ culture, 2002 - Springer
Recent developments in the metabolism and function of polyamines in plants is presented.
Polyamines appear to be involved in a wide range of plant processes, however their exact …

Polyamine metabolism in fungi with emphasis on phytopathogenic species

L Valdés-Santiago, JA Cervantes-Chávez… - Journal of Amino …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Polyamines are essential metabolites present in all living organisms, and this subject has
attracted the attention of researchers worldwide interested in defining their mode of action in …

Polyamine metabolism

AF Tiburcio, R Kaur-Sawhney… - The biochemistry of …, 1990 - books.google.com
Polyamine metabolism Page 299 IV. VI. VII. I. Polyamine Metabolism AF TIBURCIO R. KAUR-SAWHNEY
AW GALSTON . Introduction II. III. Occurrence and Distribution of Polyamines Polyamine …

Targeting polyamines of Aspergillus nidulans by siRNA specific to fungal ornithine decarboxylase gene

M Khatri, MV Rajam - Sabouraudia, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Aspergillus nidulans is a filamentous, ubiquitous and opportunistic pathogenic fungus,
which causes fatal invasive aspergillosis among immunocompromised patients. As a …

Polyamine accumulation and near loss of morphogenesis in long-term callus cultures of rice (restoration of plant regeneration by manipulation of cellular polyamine …

S Bajaj, MV Rajam - Plant Physiology, 1996 - academic.oup.com
We have shown (S. Bajaj and MV Rajam [1995] Plant Cell Rep 14: 717–720) that a
significant reduction in morphogenetic potential occurs in callus cultures of rice (Oryza sativa …

1 Common bean rust: pathology and control

MM Liebenberg, ZA Pretorius - Horticultural reviews, 2010 - books.google.com
The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important and versatile commodity,
comprising both dry beans and green (snap) beans. It is grown in almost all parts of the …

Biogenic amines in rhizobia and legume root nodules

S Fujihara - Microbes and environments, 2009 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Root-nodule bacteria (rhizobia) are of great importance for nitrogen acquisition through
symbiotic nitrogen fixation in a wide variety of leguminous plants. These bacteria differ from …

Inhibition of polyamine biosynthesis in fungi

DR Walters - Mycological Research, 1995 - Elsevier
The diamine putrescine, the triamine spermidine and the tetraamine spermine are
ubiquitous in nature. In fungi, spermidine appears to be the major polyamine, and changes …

Polyamines as Modulators of Microcycle Conidiation in Aspergillus Flavus

N Khurana, RK Saxena, R Gupta… - Microbiology, 1996 - microbiologyresearch.org
Since polyamines (PAs) play a potential role in the regulation of growth and developmental
processes in a wide variety of organisms, we have examined the influence of the PAs …

Restriction of pollen germination and tube growth in lily pollen by inhibitors of polyamine metabolism

MV Rajam - Plant Science, 1989 - Elsevier
Pollen grains of lily (Lilium longiflorum Thunb.) flowers germinated in vitro by a hanging drop
technique exhibited a significant decrease in pollen germination percentage and pollen tube …