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Involvement of ZFR1 of Fusarium verticillioides in kernel colonization and the regulation of FST1, a putative sugar transporter gene required for fumonisin biosynthesis on maize kernels.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 Mar 2008
Bluhm B H, Kim H, Butchko R A E, Woloshuk C P
Abstract excerpt
Fumonisins comprise a class of carcinogenic mycotoxins produced by Fusarium verticillioides during colonization of maize kernels. In previous work, we identified ZFR1, which is predicted to encode a Zn(II)2Cys6 zinc finger transcription factor required for fumonisin B(1) (FB(1)) production during growth on kernels. In this study, we characterized the role of ZFR1 in colonizing maize kernels and inducing FB(1)...
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