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NIACIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN LEAF DISCS AND SEEDLINGS OF CATTLEYA SKINNERI (ORCHIDACEAE)
Author(s) -
COOPER JAN L.,
HILTON BRENDA L.,
ARDITTI JOSEPH,
TARR JOHN B.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1982.tb03341.x
Subject(s) - orchidaceae , niacin , biosynthesis , botany , chemistry , tryptophan , biology , biochemistry , enzyme , amino acid
S ummary Seedlings and leaf discs of Cattleya skinneri incorporated label from 14 C‐ and 3 H‐labelled tryptophan into niacin. Label from [ 14 C]glycerol and[ 14 C]aspartate was not significantly incorporated into the vitamin.