ord1, an oxidoreductase gene responsible for conversion of O- methylsterigmatocystin to aflatoxin in Aspergillus flavus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1661-1666

  Prieto, R ^a,b   Woloshuk, C P ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450; DNA FRAGMENT; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYADENYLATED RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030946049     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1661-1666.1997     Document Type: Article

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