Purification and characterization of the esterases involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 804-810

  Kusumoto, Ken Ichi ^a,b   Hsieh, Dennis P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin biosynthesis; Aspergillus parasiticus; Esterase; Versiconal hemiacetal acetate

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ESTERASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029782299     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-101     Document Type: Article

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