Genetics and physiology of aflatoxin biosynthesis

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue , 1998, Pages 329-362

  Payne, G A ^a   Brown, M P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycotoxins; Polyketide biosynthesis; Secondary metabolism; Sterigmatocystin; Zn(II)2cys6 binuclear cluster DNA binding motif

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MYCOTOXIN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031715283     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.36.1.329     Document Type: Article

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