avnA, a gene encoding a cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase, is involved in the conversion of averantin to averufin in aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1349-1356

  Yu, Jiujiang ^a   Chang, Perng Kuang ^b   Cary, Jeffrey W ^a   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^a   Cleveland, Thomas E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; CYTOCHROME P450; GENE PRODUCT; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 0030907724     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1349-1356.1997     Document Type: Article

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