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June 28, 2012Science

Plant Gene Clusters and Opiates

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DDDean DellaPennaMichigan State University SOSarah E. O’ConnorMax Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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A variety of poppy that produces high amounts of an alkaloid opiate requires a cluster of genes that encode key biosynthetic enzymes.

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DellaPenna et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aacf8e25677eca9733fe6cc https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1225473

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