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Diarylheptanoids
Phenylphenalenones
Polyketide synthase
Wachendorfia
Site-directed mutagenesis
Chalcone synthase
Anigozanthos-preissii
Tissue-cultures
Coenzyme-a
Family
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Phytoalexins
Resveratrol
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Plant Sciences in Current Contents(R)/Agricultural, Biology & Environmental Sciences Animal & Plant Sciences in Current Contents(R)/Life Sciences
Abstract:
Chalcone synthase (CHS) related type III plant polyketide synthases (PKSs) are likely to be involved in the biosynthesis of diarylheptanoids (e.g. curcumin and polycyclic phenylphenalenones), but no such activity has been reported. Root cultures from Wa