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Eran Pichersky
Researcher at University of Michigan
Publications - 248
Citations - 26489
Eran Pichersky is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gene & Arabidopsis thaliana. The author has an hindex of 84, co-authored 243 publications receiving 23639 citations. Previous affiliations of Eran Pichersky include Rockefeller University.
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The formation and function of plant volatiles: perfumes for pollinator attraction and defense
TL;DR: The rapid progress in elucidating the biosynthetic pathways, enzymes, and genes involved in the formation of plant volatiles allows their physiology and function to be rigorously investigated at the molecular and biochemical levels.
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The family of terpene synthases in plants: A mid-size family of genes for specialized metabolism that is highly diversified throughout the kingdom
TL;DR: The terpene synthases (TPSs) as mentioned in this paper are a family of enzymes responsible for the synthesis of various terpenes from two isomeric 5-carbon precursor molecules, leading to 5-carbinear isoprene, 10-carbon monoterpenes, 15-carbon sesquiterpenes and 20-carbenes.
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Biochemistry of Plant Volatiles
TL;DR: Plants have a penchant for perfuming the atmosphere around them and the discovery of the gaseous hormone ethylene 70 years ago brought the realization that at least some of them emit substances with distinctive smells.
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Biosynthesis of Plant Volatiles: Nature's Diversity and Ingenuity
TL;DR: Plant volatiles are lipophilic molecules with high vapor pressure that serve various ecological roles that are synthesized by enzymes that produce multiple products from a single substrate or act on multiple substrates.
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Genetics and biochemistry of secondary metabolites in plants: an evolutionary perspective.
Eran Pichersky,David R. Gang +1 more
TL;DR: Repeated evolution is a special form of convergent evolution in which new enzymes with the same function evolve independently in separate plant lineages from a shared pool of related enzymes with similar but not identical functions.