title: The Witch Weed Is Able To Detect a Wide Range of Chemicals from Plants through Its Sensitive and Specific Receptors: The Strigolactone Story Updated.
abstract: Striga is a very noxious weed because of the molecular versatility of its protein receptors to strigolactone and its derivatives. Striga in fact parasitizes host plants and this triggers its seeds production. At molecular level, this is attained by strigolactone detection by a set of receptors with broad specificity and high sensitivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, 4, 80126, Naples, Italy. molinaro@unina.it.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Molinaro
mesh_terms: D006575:Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring / Q000737:chemistry*; D007783:Lactones / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry*; D034362:Striga / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C000591191:GR24 strigolactone; D006575:Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring; D007783:Lactones; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface
keywords: Striga; carotenoids; natural compounds; parasitic plants; strigolactone