Nonfunctionality of Aspergillus sojae aflR in a strain of Aspergillus parasiticus with a disrupted aflR gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3737-3743

  Takahashi, Tadashi ^a   Chang, Perng Kuang ^a   Matsushima, Kenichiro ^a   Yu, Jiujiang ^a   Abe, Keietsu ^a   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^a   Cleveland, Thomas E ^a   Koyama, Yasuji ^a  

^a KIKKOMAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXINS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; NITRATES;

PREMATURE TERMINATION DEFECTS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AFLATOXIN; AMYLASE; VERSICOLORIN A;

FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY;

AFLR GENE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION;

AMYLASES; ANTHRAQUINONES; ASPERGILLUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS SOJAE; FUNGI;

EID: 0036327497     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.8.3737-3743.2002     Document Type: Article

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