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Thaxtomin A production and virulence are controlled by several bld gene global regulators in Streptomyces scabies.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Aug 2014
Bignell Dawn R D, Francis Isolde M, Fyans Joanna K, Loria Rosemary
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Streptomyces scabies is the main causative agent of common scab disease, which leads to significant annual losses to potato growers worldwide. The main virulence factor produced by S. scabies is a phytotoxic secondary metabolite called thaxtomin A, which functions as a cellulose synthesis inhibit...
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