Morphine-pathway block in top1 poppies
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The opium poppy is a source of the pharmaceutical codeine, morphine and their derived analgesics. Poppy mutant known as top1 (for 'thebaine oripavine poppy 1') accumulates the morphine and codeine precursors thebaine and oripavine, and does not complete the biosynthesis into morphine and codeine. The top1 mutant contributes to the genetic dissection of the morphine pathway and is swiftly deployed for an agriculturally viable supply of thebaine carrying little risk of diversion for illicit purposes.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Downstream nuclear events in brassinosteroid signalling
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A study of the downstream nuclear events in brassinosteroid signaling is presented. The observations demonstrate that phosphorylation-dependant inhibition of DNA binding and trans-activation is the key primary mechanism of BES1 regulation.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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BRI1 is a critical component of a plasma-membrane receptor for plant steroids
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Research is presented concerning the influence of brassinosteroid insensitive1, a transmembrane receptor kinase, in the brassinosteroid responses of plant genomes of the species Arabidopsis.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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