Scientists from Peking and Tsinghua Universities have decoded how plants manufacture debneyol, a natural antibiotic, solving a 50-year biological mystery.
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Scientists solve 50-year mystery of plant immunity by unlocking debneyol's blueprint
1979 Debneyol discovered
3 Core enzymes identified
MCD1 Metabolon organizer protein
Peking University Research institution
Tsinghua University Research institution
50 years to solve mystery