Genome Mining Uncovers Clustered Biosynthetic Pathways for Defense-Related Molecules in Bread Wheat
G. Polturak, M. Dippe, M. J. Stephenson, R. C. Misra, C. Owen, R. Ramirez-Gonzalez, J. F. Haidoulis, H.-j. Schoonbeek, L. Chartrain, P. Borrill, D. R. Nelson, J. Brown, P. Nicholson, C. Uauy, A. Osbourn
The paper identifies previously unknown pathogen-induced biosynthetic pathways in wheat that produce defense-related molecules and links them to known phytoalexin clusters in other cereals.
bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2021Plant Biology