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A Novel Trichothecene Toxin Phenotype Associated with Horizontal Gene Transfer and a Change in Gene Function in Fusarium.
Toxins - 24 Dec 2022
Proctor Robert H, Hao Guixia, Kim Hye-Seon, Whitaker Briana K, Laraba Imane, Vaughan Martha M, McCormick Susan P
Abstract excerpt
Fusarium trichothecenes are among the mycotoxins of most concern to food and feed safety. Production of these mycotoxins and presence of the trichothecene biosynthetic gene (TRI) cluster have been confirmed in only two multispecies lineages of Fusarium: the Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti (Incarnatum) and F. sambucinum (Sambucinum) species complexes. Here, we identified and characterized a TRI cluster in a species...
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