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4: Pedras MS, Minic Z, Sarma-Mamillapalle VK, Suchy M. Discovery of inhibitors of brassinin oxidase based on the scaffolds of the phytoalexins brassilexin and wasalexin. Bioorg Med Chem. 2010 Apr 1;18(7):2456-63. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.02.054. Epub 2010 Mar 2. PubMed PMID: 20303277.
5: Sexton AC, Minic Z, Cozijnsen AJ, Pedras MS, Howlett BJ. Cloning, purification and characterisation of brassinin glucosyltransferase, a phytoalexin-detoxifying enzyme from the plant pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Fungal Genet Biol. 2009 Feb;46(2):201-9. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.10.014. Epub 2008 Nov 13. PubMed PMID: 19041410.
6: Pedras MS, Zheng QA, Gadagi RS, Rimmer SR. Phytoalexins and polar metabolites from the oilseeds canola and rapeseed: differential metabolic responses to the biotroph Albugo candida and to abiotic stress. Phytochemistry. 2008 Feb;69(4):894-910. Epub 2007 Nov 26. PubMed PMID: 18039546.
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