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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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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 |