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Biochemical neofunctionalization
Glucosinolate metabolism
Methylthioalkylmalate synthase
Plant-enemy interactions
Arabidopsis-thaliana
Nucleotide substitution
Evolutionary dynamics
Maximum-likelihood
Resistance genes
Dna-sequences
Glucosinolate
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Brassicaceae
Multidisciplinary in Current Contents(R)/Life Sciences
Abstract:
In Arabidopsis thaliana and related plants, glucosinolates are a major component in the blend of secondary metabolites and contribute to resistance against herbivorous insects. Methylthioalkylmalate synthases (MAM) encoded at the MAM gene cluster contro