Identification of genes differentially expressed during aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-127

  O'Brian, Gregory R ^a   Fakhoury, Ahmad M ^a   Payne, Gary A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus; ESTs; Microarrays

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; DNA LIBRARY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 0038392797     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(03)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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