Biosynthesis of the major tetrahydroxystilbenes in spruce, astringin and isorhapontin, proceeds via resveratrol and is enhanced by fungal infection

Plant Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 876-890

  Hammerbacher, Almuth ^a   Ralph, Steven G ^b,c   Bohlmann, Joerg ^b   Fenning, Trevor M ^a,d   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a   Schmidt, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYCELIUM (GENUS); PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 80053614230     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.181420     Document Type: Article

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