Fast-track to the trichome: induction of N-acyl nornicotines precedes nicotine 
induction in Nicotiana repanda

Laue, G.; Preston, C. A.; Baldwin, I. T.

doi:10.1007/s004250050038

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Fast-track to the trichome: induction of N-acyl nornicotines precedes nicotine induction in Nicotiana repanda

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Laue, G.
Department of Molecular Ecology, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Preston, C. A.
Department of Molecular Ecology, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Baldwin, I. T.
Department of Molecular Ecology, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Laue, G., Preston, C. A., & Baldwin, I. T. (2000). Fast-track to the trichome: induction of N-acyl nornicotines precedes nicotine induction in Nicotiana repanda. Planta, 210(3), 510-514. doi:10.1007/s004250050038.

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Abstract

Nicotiana repanda Wildenow ex Lehmann acylates nornicotine in its trichomes to produce N-acylnornicotine (NacNN) alkaloids which are dramatically more toxic than nicotine is to the nicotine-adapted herbivore. Manduca sexta. These NacNNs, like nicotine.