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Arabidopsis thaliana
Genotype-phenotype association
Myrosinase
Nucleotide polymorphism
Plant defence
Selection.
Molecular population-genetics
Sequence variation
Dna polymorphism
Intraspecific variation
Secondary metabolism
Haplotype structure
Herbivore defense
Brassica-juncea
Trichoplusia-ni
Resistance gene.
Environment/Ecology in Current Contents(R)/Agricultural,
Biology & Environmental Sciences. Molecular Biology & Genetics in
Current Contents(R)/Life Sciences.
Abstract:
The Arabidopsis thaliana TGG1 gene encodes thioglucoside glucohydrolase (myrosinase), an enzyme catalysing the hydrolysis of glucosinolate compounds. The enzyme is involved in plant defence against some insect herbivores, and is present in species of th