A decarboxylase encoded at the Cochliobolus heterostrophus translocation-associated Tox1B locus is required for polyketide (T-toxin) biosynthesis and high virulence on T-cytoplasm maize

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 883-893

  Rose, Mark S ^a   Yun, Sung Hwan ^a   Asvarak, Thipa ^a   Lu, Shun Wen ^a   Yoder, O C ^a   Turgeon, B Gillian ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycosphaerella zeae maydis; Race O

Indexed keywords

COCHLIOBOLUS; COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; FUNGI; MYCOSPHAERELLA; MYCOSPHAERELLA ZEAE-MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036749365     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2002.15.9.883     Document Type: Article

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