Solvent and water mediated structural variations in deoxynivalenol and their potential implications on the disruption of ribosomal function

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a disease of cereal crops caused by trichothecene producing Fusarium species. Trichothecenes, macrocylicic fungal metabolites composed of three fused rings (A-C) with one epoxide functionality, are a class of mycotoxins known to inhibit protein synthesis in eukaryotic r...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nora A Foroud, Roxanne A Shank, Douglas Kiss, Paul Hazendonk, Francois Eudes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01239/full