Role in pathogenesis of two endo-β-1,4-xylanase genes from the vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum
Role in pathogenesis of two endo-β-1,4-xylanase genes from the vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum
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DOI:
10.1006/fgbi.2001.1318
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发表时间:
2002-04-01
影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
Hera, C
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作者:
Gómez-Gómez, E;Ruíz-Roldán, MC;Hera, C
A gene, xyl4, whose predicted amino acid sequence shows significant homology with family 11 xylanases, was identified from the tomato vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. Expression of xyl4 is induced on oat spelt xylan as the carbon source, subject to carbon catabolite repression and preferentially expressed at alkaline ambient pH. Transcript levels of xyl4 on an inducing carbon source are differentially regulated by the nature and concentration of the nitrogen source. As shown by RT-PCR, xyl4 is expressed by F. oxysporum during the entire cycle of infection on tomato plants. Targeted inactivation of xyl4 and of xyl3, a previously identified gene of F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici encoding a family 10 xylanase, had no detectable effect on virulence on tomato plants, demonstrating that both genes are not essential for pathogenicity. (C) 2002 Elsevler Science (USA).