Regulation of Fumonisin Biosynthesis in Fusarium verticillioides-Maize System
2006
Sagaram, U.S. (Texas AnM University, College Station, USA) | Kolomiets, M. (Texas AnM University, College Station, USA) | Shim, W.B. (Texas AnM University, College Station, USA), E-mail: wbshim@tamu.edu
Fumonisins are a group of mycotoxins produced by a pathogen Fusarium verticillioides in infected maize kernels. Consumption of fumonisin-contaminated maize has been implicated in a number of animal and human illnesses, including esophageal cancer and neural tube defects. Since the initial discovery, chemistry, toxicology, and biology of fumonisins as well as the maize-Fusarium pathosystem have been extensively studied. Furthermore, in the past decade, significant progress has been made in terms of understanding the molecular biology of toxin biosynthetic genes.
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