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… corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists had assumed that maize … as  Sorghum bicolor — a  candidate bioenergy feedstock and  JGI Flagship Plant — could produce at least 15 zealexins. … was knocked out. Interestingly, the enzymes the team uncovered were found in multiple, semi-redundant clusters on …

… metabolized in filamentous fungi. The work also suggests a new approach to gene annotation, which then can be explored … tree of life, enriching the work being done as part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. Funding for the project was also provided …