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Scolytus-ventralis coleoptera; resin acid biosynthesis;
phytoalexin biosynthesis; bacterial expression; terpenoid
metabolism; partial-purification; squalene synthetase; defense-
mechanisms; cyclase activity; bark beetles
Abstract:
Grand fit (Abies grandis Lindl.) has been developed as a model system for the study of wound-induced oleoresinosis in conifers as a response to insect attack. Oleoresin is a roughly equal mixture of turpentine (85% monoterpenes [C-10] and 15% sesquiterp