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Involvement of Fungal Pectin Methylesterase Activity in the Interaction Between Fusarium graminearum and Wheat.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Apr 2016
Sella Luca, Castiglioni Carla, Paccanaro Maria Chiara, Janni Michela, Schäfer Wilhelm, D'Ovidio Renato, Favaron Francesco
Abstract excerpt
The genome of Fusarium graminearum, the causal agent of Fusarium head blight of wheat, contains two putative pectin methylesterase (PME)-encoding genes. However, when grown in liquid culture containing pectin, F. graminearum produces only a single PME, which was purified and identified. Its encoding gene, expressed during wheat spike infection, was disrupted by targeted homologous recombination. Two Δpme mutant...
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