Plant BiologybioRxivPreprint
Exploring information exchange between Thesium chinense and its host Prunella vulgaris through joint transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis
Anping Ding, Zengxu Xiang, Ruifeng Wang…·Mingpu Tan
This study identifies 5 transferred metabolites and 668 mobile genes between Thesium chinense and its host Prunella vulgaris, revealing information exchange critical for haustoria formation and parasitism.
DOI 10.1101/2023.12.27.573399