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A horizontal gene transfer at the origin of phenylpropanoid metabolism: a key adaptation of plants to land
BACKGROUND: The pioneering ancestor of land plants that conquered terrestrial habitats around 500 million years ago had to face dramatic stresses including UV radiation, desiccation, and microbial attack. This drove a number of adaptations, among which the emergence of the phenylpropanoid pathway wa...
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657906/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19220881 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6150-4-7 |