Alteration of different domains in AFLR affects aflatoxin pathway metabolism in Aspergillus parasiticus transformants

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-287

  Ehrlich, Kenneth C ^a   Montalbano, Beverly G ^a   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^a   Cleveland, Thomas E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; AFLR; Aspergillus parasiticus; Fungal transformation; GAL4 type DNA binding protein; Gene regulation; Oligonucleotides; PCR; Site directed mutagenesis; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN; PALINDROMIC DNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; AUTOREGULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032049480     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1998.1045     Document Type: Article

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