Genomics and gene regulation of the aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway

Handbook of Industrial Mycology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 387-404

  Price, Michael S ^a   Payne, Gary A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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