Open AccessGot the Blues? A High-Throughput Screen for Cyanogenesis Mutants
Author(s) -
Gregory Bertoni
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.110.220510
Subject(s) - biology , hydrogen cyanide , herbivore , mutant , predation , cyanide , botany , biochemistry , gene , ecology , materials science , metallurgy
Cyanogenic glucosides are compounds that release hydrogen cyanide (HCN) when degraded and act as deterrents against herbivores and predators. Cyanogenic glucosides and the β-glucosidases that degrade them are stored in separate subcellular compartments in plant tissues. Herbivore feeding causes
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