Friesen, TimothyFaris, JustinSolomon, PeterOliver, Richard Peter2015-12-071462-5814http://hdl.handle.net/1885/17629Host-specific toxins (HSTs) are defined as pathogen effectors that induce toxicity and promote disease only in the host species and only in genotypes of that host expressing a specific and often dominant susceptibility gene. They are a feature of a smallKeywords: host specific toxin; mycotoxin; toxin; toxin ToxA; Alternaria; Cochliobolus; Dothideomycetes; fungal virulence; fungus; gene expression; gene locus; genetic conservation; genetic susceptibility; genotype; horizontal gene transfer; host resistance; immune200810.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01153.x2015-12-07