Chemical biology is beginning to enhance our understanding of diverse cellular processes in plants, including endomembrane trafficking, hormone transport and cell wall biosynthesis. To reach its potential requires the development of a community-wide infrastructure of technology and expertise. We present some of the opportunities and challenges in this emerging branch of plant biology and offer some suggestions for enhancing the approach to the benefit of the community at large.
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N.V.R. and G.R.H. are grateful to the US National Science Foundation (MCB-0520325 and MCB-0817916) for support.
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Hicks, G., Raikhel, N. Opportunities and challenges in plant chemical biology. Nat Chem Biol 5, 268–272 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0509-268
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