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Tomatinase from Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici is required for full virulence on tomato plants.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Jun 2008
Pareja-Jaime Yolanda, Roncero M Isabel G, Ruiz-Roldán M Carmen
Abstract excerpt
Saponin detoxification enzymes from pathogenic fungi are involved in the infection process of their host plants. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp lycopersici, a tomato pathogen, produces the tomatinase enzyme Tom1, which degrades alpha-tomatine to less toxic derivates. To study the role of the tom1 gene in the virulence of F. oxysporum, we performed targeted disruption and overexpression of the gene. The infection...
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