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SUBMITTER: Benderoth M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1482576 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Benderoth Markus M Textor Susanne S Windsor Aaron J AJ Mitchell-Olds Thomas T Gershenzon Jonathan J Kroymann Juergen J
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20060605 24
In Arabidopsis thaliana and related plants, glucosinolates are a major component in the blend of secondary metabolites and contribute to resistance against herbivorous insects. Methylthioalkylmalate synthases (MAM) encoded at the MAM gene cluster control an early step in the biosynthesis of glucosinolates and, therefore, are central to the diversification of glucosinolate metabolism. We sequenced bacterial artificial chromosomes containing the MAM cluster from several Arabidopsis relatives, cond ...[more]