Regulation of aflR and its product, AflR, associated with aflatoxin biosynthesis?

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3718-3723

  Liu, Biing Hui ^a   Chu, Fun Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; CARBON; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN AFLR; FUNGAL PROTEIN OMTA; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS SOJAE;

EID: 0031663308     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3718-3723.1998     Document Type: Article

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