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Plant Insecticide L-Canavanine Repels Drosophila via the Insect Orphan GPCR DmX

For all animals, the taste sense is crucial to detect and avoid ingesting toxic molecules. Many toxins are synthesized by plants as a defense mechanism against insect predation. One example of such a natural toxic molecule is l-canavanine, a nonprotein amino acid found in the seeds of many legumes....

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Autores principales: Mitri, Christian, Soustelle, Laurent, Framery, Bérénice, Bockaert, Joël, Parmentier, Marie-Laure, Grau, Yves
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2695807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19564899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000147