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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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Autores principales: Emiliani, Giovanni, Fondi, Marco, Fani, Renato, Gribaldo, Simonetta
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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