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A decarboxylase encoded at the Cochliobolus heterostrophus translocation-associated Tox1B locus is required for polyketide (T-toxin) biosynthesis and high virulence on T-cytoplasm maize.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Sept 2002
Rose Mark S, Yun Sung-Hwan, Asvarak Thipa, Lu Shun-Wen, Yoder O C, Turgeon B Gillian
Abstract excerpt
Genes at two unlinked loci (Tox1A and Tox1B) are required for production of the polyketide T-toxin by Cochliobolus heterostrophus race T, a pathogenic fungus that requires T-toxin for high virulence to maize with T-cytoplasm. Previous work indicated that Tox1A encodes a polyketide synthase (PKS1) required for T-toxin biosynthesis and for high virulence. To identify genes at Tox1B, a wild-type race T cDNA library...
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