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Arabidopsis vegetative storage protein is an anti-insect acid phosphatase.
Plant physiology - 1 Nov 2005
Liu Yilin, Ahn Ji-Eun, Datta Sumana, Salzman Ron A, Moon Jaewoong, Huyghues-Despointes Beatrice, Pittendrigh Barry, Murdock Larry L, Koiwa Hisashi, Zhu-Salzman Keyan
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Indirect evidence previously suggested that Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) vegetative storage protein (VSP) could play a role in defense against herbivorous insects. To test this hypothesis, other AtVSP-like sequences in Arabidopsis were identified through a Basic Local Alignment Search Tool...
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