Isolation and characterization of experimentally induced, aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway deletion mutants of Aspergillus parasiticus

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 808-812

  Cary, J W ^a   Barnaby, N ^a   Ehrlich, K C ^a   Bhatnagar, D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING VECTOR; CROSSING OVER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VECTORS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033012523     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051466     Document Type: Article

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