Correlation between the regulation of sterigmatocystin biosynthesis and asexual and sexual sporulation in Emericella nidulans

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-205

  Guzmán de Peña, Doralinda ^a   Aguirre, Jesús ^b,c   Ruiz Herrera, José ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; brlA; Diaminobutanone; Emericella nidulans; Mycotoxins; Polyamines; Sporulation; Sterigmatocystin

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; MYCOTOXIN; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PUTRESCINE; STERIGMATOCYSTIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; LIGHT; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PUTRESCINE; SPORES, FUNGAL; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 0031878684     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000820221945     Document Type: Article

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