Absence of aflatoxin biosynthesis in koji mold (Aspergillus sojae)

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 771-776

  Matsushima, Kenichiro ^a   Yashiro, Kumiko ^a   Hanya, Yoshiki ^a   Abe, Keietsu ^a   Yabe, Kimiko ^b   Hamasaki, Takashi ^c  

^a KIKKOMAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; DNA;

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENOME; MOULD; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; REGULATOR GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034911281     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530000524     Document Type: Article

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