Transcript of a homolog of aflR, a regulatory gene for aflatoxin synthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus, was not detected in Aspergillus oryzae strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-307

  Kusumoto, Ken Ichi ^a,b   Yabe, Kimiko ^a   Nogata, Yoichi ^b   Ohta, Hideaki ^c  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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

^c NAKAMURA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin synthesis; aflR homolog; Aspergillus oryzae; Fungal toxin; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; CARCINOGEN; FUNGAL DNA; MYCOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032466342     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00503-5     Document Type: Article

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