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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-11-9
pubmed:abstractText
Dothistroma needle blight is one of the most devastating fungal pine diseases worldwide. The disease is characterized by accumulation in pine needles of a red toxin, dothistromin, that is chemically related to aflatoxin (AF) and sterigmatocystin (ST). This review updates current knowledge of the genetics of dothistromin biosynthesis by the Dothistroma septosporum pathogen and highlights differences in gene organization and regulation that have been discovered between the dothistromin and AF/ST systems. Some previously reported genes are promoted or demoted as 'dothistromin genes' based on recent research. A new dothistromin gene, norB, is reported, and evidence of dothistromin gene homologs in other Dothideomycete fungi is presented. A hypothesis for the biological role of dothistromin is outlined. Finally, the impact that the availability of the D. septosporum genome sequence will have on dothistromin research is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
2072-6651
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2680-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-14
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetics of Dothistromin Biosynthesis of Dothistroma septosporum: An Update.
pubmed:affiliation
Bio-Protection Research Centre, Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article