ネクタルの砂糖の分泌後の水解と,アリ/植物相互性の特化

M Heil1, J Rattke, W Boland

  • 1Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 8, D-07745 Jena, Germany. Heil_Martin@web.de

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 23, 2005
PubMed
まとめ

アカシアの植物は,非共生的なアリが餌を食べることを防ぐために,その花蜜にインバーターゼ酵素を使用します. これにより,砂糖フリーネクタルを好む特殊なPseudomyrmexアリだけが,花外ネクタル (EFN) を消費することを保証します.

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