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Several host-selective toxins have been isolated in pure form culture filtrates ofCochliobolus victoriae. Acid hydrolysis of the major toxin, victorin C (apparent mol.wt 796), produced five fragments to which structures1–5 have been assigned. Spectroscopic techniques revealed that the toxin contains an additional subunit corresponding to6; thus all the components of victroin C are accounted for.
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Macko, V., Wolpert, T.J., Acklin, W. et al. Characterization of victorin C, the major host-selective toxin fromCochliobolus victoriae: Structure of degradation products. Experientia 41, 1366–1370 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01949993
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