Cloning and characterization of the O-methyltransferase I gene (dmtA) from Aspergillus parasiticus associated with the conversions of demethylsterigmatocystin to sterigmatocystin and dihydrodemethylsterigmatocystin to dihydrosterigmatocystin in aflatoxin biosynthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4987-4994

  Motomura, Marisa ^a,b   Chihaya, Naomi ^a   Shinozawa, Takao ^b   Hamasaki, Takashi ^c   Yabe, Kimiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; STERIGMATOCYSTIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 0032704909     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.4987-4994.1999     Document Type: Article

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