Publication Date:
2015-08-06
Description:
Article Little is known about how detritivorous invertebrates cope with high levels of defensive plant polyphenols. Here, Liebeke et al . identify a new class of surface-active metabolites in earthworms exposed to high-polyphenol diets, and show that they play a protective role against precipitation of proteins. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms8869 Authors: Manuel Liebeke, Nicole Strittmatter, Sarah Fearn, A. John Morgan, Peter Kille, Jens Fuchser, David Wallis, Vitalii Palchykov, Jeremy Robertson, Elma Lahive, David J. Spurgeon, David McPhail, Zoltán Takáts, Jacob G. Bundy
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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