Ahmed S. Khalil

Discovery of the rosalexin pathway expands the modular network of maize diterpenoid phytoalexins

The evolutionary expansion of specialized metabolism has shaped the ability of plants to adapt to combined pest, disease, and environmental pressures. In maize (Zea mays), the duplication and divergence of ancestral gibberellin pathway genes have given rise to specialized kauralexin and dolabralexin diterpenoids that s...