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Evidence for involvement of two naphthol reductases in the first reduction step of melanin biosynthesis pathway of Colletotrichum lagenarium.
Mycological research - 1 Jul 2003
Tsuji Gento, Sugahara Tomomi, Fujii Isáo, Mori Yuichiro, Ebizuka Yutaka, Shiraishi Tomonori, Kubo Yasuyuki
Abstract excerpt
Colletotrichum lagenarium is a plant pathogenic fungus, and produces melanin that is an essential factor for appressorial penetration into host tissues. The melanin biosynthesis pathway of C. lagenarium starts with pentaketide synthesis catalyzed by polyketide synthase Pks1p. We previously confir...
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