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今週の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました.
1886. Pazarlar, S., Cetinkaya, N., Bor, M., and Kara, R.S. (2020). N-Acyl homoserine lactone-mediated modulation of plant growth and defense against Pseudoperonospora cubensis in cucumber. J. Exp. Bot. 71: 6638–6654.
1887. Niehs, S.P. et al. (2020). Insect-associated bacteria assemble the antifungal butenolide gladiofungin by non-canonical polyketide chain termination. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59: 23122–23126.
1888. Bauters, L. et al. (2020). Chorismate mutase and isochorismatase, two potential effectors of the migratory nematode Hirschmanniella oryzae, increase host susceptibility by manipulating secondary metabolite content of rice. Mol. Plant Pathol. 21: 1634–1646.
1889. De Vega, D. et al. (2021). Chitosan primes plant defence mechanisms against Botrytis cinerea, including expression of Avr9/Cf-9 rapidly elicited genes. Plant Cell Environ. 44: 290–303.
1890. De La Peña, R., and Sattely, E.S. (2021). Rerouting plant terpene biosynthesis enables momilactone pathway elucidation. Nat. Chem. Biol. 17: 205–212.

今週の輪読

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1882. Li, D.-D. et al. (2020). Molecular basis for chemical evolution of flavones to flavonols and anthocyanins in land plants. Plant Physiol. 184: 1731–1743.
1883. Abeysinghe, G. et al. (2020). Fungal mycelia and bacterial thiamine establish a mutualistic growth mechanism. Life Sci. Alliance 3: e202000878.
1884. Cheng, F., Ali, M., Liu, C., Deng, R., and Cheng, Z. (2020). Garlic allelochemical diallyl disulfide alleviates autotoxicity in the root exudates caused by long-term continuous cropping of tomato. J. Agric. Food Chem. 68: 11684–11693.
1885. Aboshi, T. et al. (2021). Isopentylamine is a novel defence compound induced by insect feeding in rice. Plant Cell Environ. 44: 247–256.

前学期終了 & 今週の輪読

茨城大学は 8/10 が期末試験の最終日で前期と第 2 クォーターが終了しました.長谷川が担当している一般化学 II 8/6 の期末試験を対面で実施して終了です.7 月後半から新型コロナウイルス感染症のいわゆる第 5 波が来て授業が通常通り続けられるか心配していましたが,何とか逃げ切りました.夏休み中も集中講義(今年度は私は担当していません)はありますが,おそらくほとんど遠隔授業になりそうです.後学期が始まる 9 月末ごろまでにはワクチン接種も進んで,感染状況が落ち着くことを期待しています.

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1881. Ye, M. et al. (2021). Indole primes defence signalling and increases herbivore resistance in tea plants. Plant Cell Environ. 44: 1165–1177.

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1879. Zhang, C. et al. (2021). ZmMPK6 and ethylene signalling negatively regulate the accumulation of anti-insect metabolites DIMBOA and DIMBOA-Glc in maize inbred line A188. New Phytol. 229: 2273–2287.
1880. Sugiura, Y. et al. (2020). Myristate can be used as a carbon and energy source for the asymbiotic growth of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 117: 25779–25788.