Iridoid biosynthesis in Chrysomelina larvae: Fat body produces early terpenoid 
precursors

Burse, Antje; Schmidt, Axel; Frick, Sindy; Kuhn, Jürgen; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Boland, Wilhelm

doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.11.011

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Iridoid biosynthesis in Chrysomelina larvae: Fat body produces early terpenoid precursors

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Burse, Antje
Research Group Dr. A. Burse, Chemical Defense of Leaf Beetles, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Prof. Dr. W. Boland, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Prof. Dr. W. Boland, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Schmidt, Axel
Department of Biochemistry, Prof. J. Gershenzon, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Frick, Sindy
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Prof. Dr. W. Boland, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Kuhn, Jürgen
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Prof. Dr. W. Boland, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Gershenzon, Jonathan
Department of Biochemistry, Prof. J. Gershenzon, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Boland, Wilhelm
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Prof. Dr. W. Boland, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Burse, A., Schmidt, A., Frick, S., Kuhn, J., Gershenzon, J., & Boland, W. (2007). Iridoid biosynthesis in Chrysomelina larvae: Fat body produces early terpenoid precursors. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 37(3), 255-265. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.11.011.

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Abstract

Larvae of the Chrysomelina species Phaedon cochleariae and Gastrophysa viridula produce monoterpenoids (iridoids) to defend themselves against predatory attacks by presenting the toxins upon attack as droplets on the top of nine pairs of dorsal glands.