Cloning and functional expression of an esterase gene in Aspergillus parasiticus

Mycopathologia

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-234

  Yu, Jiujiang ^a   Chang, Perng Kuang ^a   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^a   Cleveland, Thomas E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Aspergillus parasiticus; Esterase; Mycotoxins; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; COSMIDS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0012256677     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023353025330     Document Type: Article

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