Clustered Pathway Genes in Aflatoxin Biosynthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1253-1262

  Yu, Jiujiang ^a   Chang, Perng Kuang ^a   Ehrlich, Kenneth C ^a   Cary, Jeffrey W ^a   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^a   Cleveland, Thomas E ^a   Payne, Gary A ^b   Linz, John E ^c   Woloshuk, Charles P ^d   Bennett, Joan W ^e  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN AFLA; PROTEIN AFLC; PROTEIN AFLD; PROTEIN AFLE; PROTEIN AFLF; PROTEIN AFLG; PROTEIN AFLH; PROTEIN AFLJ; PROTEIN AFLK; PROTEIN AFLL; PROTEIN AFLM; PROTEIN AFLO; PROTEIN AFLP; PROTEIN AFLQ; PROTEIN AFLR; PROTEIN AFLS; PROTEIN AFLT; PROTEIN AFLU; PROTEIN AFLV; PROTEIN AFLW; PROTEIN AFLX; PROTEIN AFLY; PROTIEIN AFLI; PROTIEN AFLB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; COSMID; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TERMINOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

EID: 12144286398     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1253-1262.2004     Document Type: Short Survey

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