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SUBMITTER: Zhang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6874856 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Zhiqiang Z Liu Wei W Ma Zongbin Z Zhu Wei W Jia Lin L
PeerJ 20191120
The mevalonate (MVA) pathway is responsible for the biosynthesis of cytosolic terpenes including gossypol and its derivatives, which play an important role in the cotton plant's defense against pathogens and herbivores. In this study, we identified and cloned 17 potentially functional genes encoding enzymes that catalyze the six steps of the MVA pathway in <i>Gossypium arboreum</i>. Expression pattern analysis by qRT-PCR demonstrated that these genes had tissue-specific expression profiles and w ...[more]