Regulation of aflatoxin production by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-219

  Jayashree, T ^a   Praveen Rao, J ^a   Subramanyam, C ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Calcineurin; Calcium; Calmodulin; Calmodulin dependent protein kinase; Calmodulin dependent protein phosphatase

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AFLATOXINS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0033953551     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00642-4     Document Type: Article

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