Aspergillus oryzae with and without a homolog of aflatoxin biosynthetic gene ver-1

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 98-104

  Kusumoto, K I ^a,b   Yabe, K ^a   Nogata, Y ^b   Ohta, H ^c  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^c NAKAMURA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AMINO ACID; FUNGAL RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AFLATOXINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS SOJAE; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0031876036     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051262     Document Type: Article

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