Phenylpropanoid-derived compounds represent a diverse family of secondary metabolites that originate from phenylalanine. These compounds have roles in plant growth and development, and in defense against biotic and ab...
This work was supported by the Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the US Department of Energy through Grant DEAC0298CH10886; the National Science Foundation through grant MCB-1051675; the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Brookhaven National Laboratory (No 11-007); the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams in Plant Metabolisms, and the National Science Foundation of China for Oversea Distin- guished Young Scholars (31028003). No conflict of interest declared.
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