Organic & biomolecular chemistry

Dissecting metabolic puzzles through isotope feeding: a novel amino acid in the biosynthetic pathway of the cruciferous phytoalexins rapalexin A and isocyalexin A

MSC Pedras, EE Yaya

Index: Pedras, M. Soledade C.; Yaya, Estifanos E. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 10, # 18 p. 3613 - 3616

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Abstract

Understanding defence pathways of plants is crucial to develop disease-resistant agronomic crops, an important element of sustainable agriculture. For this reason, natural plant defenses such as phytoalexins, involved in protecting plants against microbial pathogens, have enormous