著者

Haruhisa Suga

出版者

日本マイコトキシン学会

雑誌

マイコトキシン (ISSN:02851466)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.65, no.2, pp.121-130, 2015-07-31 (Released:2015-09-01)

参考文献数

49

被引用文献数

1

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Fumonisin, a mycotoxin produced by some members of Fusarium fujikuroi species complex, causes swine pulmonary edema and equine leukoencephalomalacia. Clustering of the genes involving fumonisin biosynthesis in the genome have been revealed. The FUM cluster poses many questions in regard to the process obtained by Fusarium and its evolution. In this mini review, fumonisin characteristics are described and the role of fumonisin for the producing fungi and the evolution of the FUM cluster were discussed.