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SUBMITTER: Witjes L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6444639 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Witjes Lotte L Kooke Rik R van der Hooft Justin J J JJJ de Vos Ric C H RCH Keurentjes Joost J B JJB Medema Marnix H MH Nijveen Harm H
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<h4>Objective</h4>Plants produce a plethora of specialized metabolites to defend themselves against pathogens and insects, to attract pollinators and to communicate with other organisms. Many of these are also applied in the clinic and in agriculture. Genes encoding the enzymes that drive the biosynthesis of these metabolites are sometimes physically grouped on the chromosome, in regions called biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). Several algorithms have been developed to identify plant BGCs, but ...[more]