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Functional characterization of a class III acid endochitinase from the traps of the carnivorous pitcher plant genus, Nepenthes

Carnivory in plants is an adaptation strategy to nutrient-poor environments and soils. Carnivorous plants obtain some additional mineral nutrients by trapping and digesting prey; the genus Nepenthes is helped by its specialized pitcher traps. To make the nutrients available, the caught prey needs to...

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Autores principales: Rottloff, Sandy, Stieber, Regina, Maischak, Heiko, Turini, Florian G., Heubl, Günther, Mithöfer, Axel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21633084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/err173