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Overview

Meinhart H. Zenk is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany.

Details about recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, main fields and subfields of study, main research topics, and awards are not publicly available.

Best Publications

  • Phytochelatins: The Principal Heavy-Metal Complexing Peptides of Higher Plants

    Erwin Grill;Ernst-L. Winnacker;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Jasmonic acid is a signal transducer in elicitor-induced plant cell cultures.

    Heidrun Gundlach;Martin J. Muller;Toni M. Kutchan;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Heavy metal detoxification in higher plants: a review

    Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Phytochelatins, the heavy-metal-binding peptides of plants, are synthesized from glutathione by a specific γ-glutamylcysteine dipeptidyl transpeptidase (phytochelatin synthase)

    Erwin Grill;Susanne Löffler;Ernst-L. Winnacker;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Phytochelatins, a class of heavy-metal-binding peptides from plants, are functionally analogous to metallothioneins.

    Erwin Grill;Ernst-L. Winnacker;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • The deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway of terpenoid biosynthesis in plants and microorganisms

    Wolfgang Eisenreich;Matthias Schwarz;Alain Cartayrade;Duilio Arigoni

  • The octadecanoic pathway: signal molecules for the regulation of secondary pathways.

    Siegfried Blechert;Wilhelm Brodschelm;Swen Holder;Lothar Kammerer

  • Terpenoid biosynthesis from 1-deoxy-d-xylulose in higher plants by intramolecular skeletal rearrangement

    Duilio Arigoni;Silvia Sagner;Christoph Latzel;Wolfgang Eisenreich

  • Algae sequester heavy metals via synthesis of phytochelatin complexes

    Walter Gekeler;Erwin Grill;Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Signaling in the elicitation process is mediated through the octadecanoid pathway leading to jasmonic acid.

    Martin J. Mueller;Wilhelm Brodschelm;Eva Spannagl;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Cytidine 5'-triphosphate-dependent biosynthesis of isoprenoids: YgbP protein of Escherichia coli catalyzes the formation of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methylerythritol.

    Felix Rohdich;Juraithip Wungsintaweekul;Monika Fellermeier;Silvia Sagner

  • Chemical syntheses and properties of hydroxycinnamoyl-coenzyme A derivatives.

    J Stöckigt;M H Zenk

  • Biosynthesis of terpenoids: YgbB protein converts 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol 2-phosphate to 2C-methyl-D-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate.

    Stefan Herz;Juraithip Wungsintaweekul;Christoph A. Schuhr;Stefan Hecht

  • Formation of the Indole Alkaloids Serpentine and Ajmalicine in Cell Suspension Cultures of Catharanthus roseus

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  • Immobilized plant cells for the production and transportation of natural products

    Peter Brodelius;B Deus;K Mosbach;M H Zenk

  • Studies on the biosynthesis of taxol: the taxane carbon skeleton is not of mevalonoid origin

    Wolfgang Eisenreich;Birgitta Menhard;Peter J. Hylands;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Biosynthesis of terpenoids: YchB protein of Escherichia coli phosphorylates the 2-hydroxy group of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol.

    Holger Lüttgen;Felix Rohdich;Stefan Herz;Juraithip Wungsintaweekul

  • Prenylation of olivetolate by a hemp transferase yields cannabigerolic acid, the precursor of tetrahydrocannabinol

    Monika Fellermeier;Meinhart H Zenk

  • Hyperaccumulation, complexation and distribution of nickel in Sebertia acuminata

    Silvia Sagner;Ralf Kneer;Gerhard Wanner;Jean-Pierre Cosson

  • Radioimmunoassay for the determination of digoxin and related compounds in Digitalis lanata

    Elmar W. Weiler;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Instability of Indole Alkaloid Production in Catharanthus roseus Cell Suspension Cultures.

    Deus-Neumann B;Zenk Mh

Frequent Co-Authors

Adelbert Bacher
Adelbert Bacher Technical University of Munich
Wolfgang Eisenreich
Wolfgang Eisenreich Technical University of Munich
Elmar W. Weiler
Elmar W. Weiler Ruhr University Bochum
Heinz G. Floss
Heinz G. Floss University of Washington
Felix Rohdich
Felix Rohdich Technical University of Munich
Siegfried Blechert
Siegfried Blechert Technical University of Berlin
Toni M. Kutchan
Toni M. Kutchan Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Stefan Hecht
Stefan Hecht Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Bernd Schneider
Bernd Schneider Max Planck Society
Martin J. Mueller
Martin J. Mueller University of Würzburg

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