Adaptive evolution of threonine deaminase in plant defense against insect herbivores

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5897-5902

  Gonzales Vigil, Eliana ^a   Bianchetti, Christopher M ^b   Phillips, George N ^b   Howe, Gregg A ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Induced resistance; Jasmonate; Molecular evolution; Plant insect interaction; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

2 OXOBUTYRIC ACID; AMMONIA; ISOENZYME; ISOLEUCINE; THREONINE DEHYDRATASE;

ADAPTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HERBIVORE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SOLANUM; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TOMATO;

COLEOPTERA; EMBRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 79955012413     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1016157108     Document Type: Article

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