D B Tattersall1, S Bak, P R Jones

  • 1Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant Biology, Centre for Molecular Plant Physiology, Department of Chemistry, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 40 Thorvaldsensvej, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 28, 2001
PubMed
概括

基因工程植物现在可以产生dhurrin,一种天然化合物. 在Arabidopsis thaliana中这种dhurrin生产提供了对跳甲虫的抵抗力,展示了其在植物防御策略方面的潜力.

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