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Floral volatiles
Terpenes
Terpene synthase
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Arabidopsis
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Floral scent
Clarkia-breweri
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Plant volatiles
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Biosynthesis
Thaliana
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Plant Sciences in Current Contents(R)/Agricultural, Biology &
Environmental Sciences. Animal & Plant Sciences in Current
Contents(R)/Life Sciences.
Abstract:
Despite the fact that Arabidopsis is largely self-pollinating, its flowers emit a complex mixture of terpene volatiles consisting predominantly of a large group of over 20 sesquiterpenes. Here we report that only two terpene synthases, encoded by the fl