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Specialized Metabolism in a Nonmodel Nightshade: Trichome Acylinositol Biosynthesis.
Plant physiology - 1 Jul 2020
Leong Bryan J, Hurney Steven M, Fiesel Paul D, Moghe Gaurav D, Jones A Daniel, Last Robert L
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Plants make many biologically active, specialized metabolites, which vary in structure, biosynthesis, and the processes they influence. An increasing number of these compounds are documented to protect plants from insects, pathogens, or herbivores or to mediate interactions with beneficial organisms, including pollinators and nitrogen-fixing microbes. Acylsugars, one class of protective compounds, are made in...
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