Pre-termination in aflR of Aspergillus sojae inhibits aflatoxin biosynthesis

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 585-589

  Matsushima, K ^a   Chang, P K ^b   Yu, J ^b   Abe, K ^a,c   Bhatnagar, D ^b   Cleveland, T E ^b  

^a KIKKOMAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN AFIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATOR GENE; STOP CODON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AFLATOXINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS SOJAE;

EID: 0035010841     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530100607     Document Type: Article

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