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SUBMITTER: Haralampidis K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC60888 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haralampidis K K Bryan G G Qi X X Papadopoulou K K Bakht S S Melton R R Osbourn A A
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20011023 23
Many plants synthesize antimicrobial secondary metabolites as part of their normal program of growth and development, often sequestering them in tissues where they may protect against microbial attack. These include glycosylated triterpenoids (saponins), natural products that are exploited by man for a variety of purposes including use as drugs [Hostettmann, K. & Marston, A. (1995) Saponins (Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, U.K.)]. Very little is known about the genes required for the synthesis ...[more]