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SUBMITTER: Pinedo C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2707148 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS chemical biology 20081201 12
The fungus Botrytis cinerea is the causal agent of the economically important gray mold disease that affects more than 200 ornamental and agriculturally important plant species. B. cinerea is a necrotrophic plant pathogen that secretes nonspecific phytotoxins, including the sesquiterpene botrydial and the polyketide botcinic acid. The region surrounding the previously characterized BcBOT1 gene has now been identified as the botrydial biosynthetic gene cluster.Five genes including BcBOT1 and BcBO ...[more]