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Variability of aliphatic glucosinolates in Arabidopsis and their influence on insect resistance.
Communications in agricultural and applied biological sciences - 1 Jan 2006
Rohr F, Ulrichs C, Mucha-Pelzer T, Mewis I
Abstract excerpt
Due to the sessile nature of plants they have to cope up dynamically with diverse biotic and abiotic stressors. Plants developed diverse, complex defense mechanisms for dealing with their enemies, including the glucosinolate(GS)-myrosinase system of the Brassicaceae and other families of the order Brassicales. GS are classified by their precursor amino acid and aliphatic, aromatic, and indolyl GS are...
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