In:
Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Vol. 346, No. 6213 ( 2014-11-28), p. 1084-1088
Abstract:
The wild cucumber is a spiky, bitter relative of what we now grow in our gardens. The bitterness comes from cucurbitacin, which helps the plant to ward off herbivores. Cucurbitacin is also useful to people for its anti-tumor properties. Shang et al. have now worked out the biosynthetic pathway of cucurbitacin. Along the way, they discovered genetic traces of the domestication process and unraveled the mystery of why some cucumbers, if grown in chilly conditions, become bitter. Science, this issue p. 1084
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0036-8075
,
1095-9203
DOI:
10.1126/science.1259215
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Publication Date:
2014
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128410-1
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2066996-3
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2060783-0
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11
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