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From: A fungal endophyte induces transcription of genes encoding a redundant fungicide pathway in its host plant

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Micro-scale plant tissue variation in Taxol quantity correlates with the quantity of resident Taxol-producing fungus. (A) Picture of a Taxus x media primary branch with secondary branches that were sampled. Primary branches are the first branches which initiate from the main stem, whereas secondary branches initiate from primary branches. (B, C) Pearson correlation between fungal endophyte SSM001 quantity and plant Taxol concentration in (B) different adjacent primary branches of the same Taxus plant, and (C) adjacent secondary branches belonging to the same primary branch. Each primary or secondary branch was used for fungal 18S rDNA tRFLP fingerprinting or plant Taxol quantification using the Taxol immunoassay; each Taxol data point is the mean of 3 technical replicates of the immunoassay.

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