Immunochemical identification of AFLR, a regulatory protein, involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis

Food and Agricultural Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 289-298

  Liu, Biing Hui ^a   Brewer, J F ^b   Flaherty, J E ^b   Payne, Gary ^b   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^c   Chu, Fun Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

A. flavus; A. parasiticus; Aflatoxin; AFLR; Antibodies; Regulation

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSARIUM; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION; PENICILLIUM; PEPTONE MINERAL SALT; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

EID: 0031425933     PISSN: 09540105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540109709354959     Document Type: Article

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