Cloning and expression of desoxyhemigossypol-6-O-methyltransferase from cotton (Gossypium barbadense)

…, RD Stipanovic, CW Magill, AA Bell

Index: Stipanovic, Robert D.; Mace, Marshall E.; Bell, Alois A.; Beier, Ross C. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999), 1992 , # 23 p. 3189 - 3192

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Abstract

Terpenoids play an important role in defense against insects and pathogens in cotton. These terpenoids contain phenolic groups. Metabolites in which the phenolic group has been converted to a methoxy group are less toxic to most insects and pathogens and thus