Culture conditions control expression of the genes for aflatoxin and sterigmatocystin biosynthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus and A. nidulans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2275-2277

  Feng, Guo Hong ^a,c   Leonard, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AMMONIA; NITRATE; PATULIN; POLYKETIDE; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0010330205     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2275-2277.1998     Document Type: Article

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