Accumulation of trichothecenes in liquid cultures of a Fusarium sporotrichioides mutant lacking a functional trichothecene C-15 hydroxylase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1685-1688

  Mccormick, Susan P ^a,b   Hohn, Thomas M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; MYCOTOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUSARIUM; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031002160     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1685-1688.1997     Document Type: Article

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