Un grupo de genes patógenos sensibles a los ácidos grasos altamente modificados en el tomate

Ju Eun Jeon1, Jung-Gun Kim2, Curt R Fischer3

  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

Cell
|January 11, 2020
PubMed
Resumen

Las plantas producen ácidos grasos únicos para la defensa contra los patógenos. Los investigadores identificaron un grupo de genes en el tomate responsable de producir falcarindiol, un compuesto que mejora la resistencia a las infecciones por hongos y bacterias.

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