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β-Cyanoalanine Synthases and Their Possible Role in Pierid Host Plant Adaptation †

Cyanide is generated in larvae of the glucosinolate-specialist Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera:Pieridae) upon ingestion of plant material containing phenylalanine-derived glucosinolates as chemical defenses. As these glucosinolates were widespread within ancient Brassicales, the ability to detoxify cyanid...

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Published in:Insects
Main Authors: Herfurth, Anna-Maria, van Ohlen, Maike, Wittstock, Ute
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5492076/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28629163
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects8020062
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