Aflatoxin conducive and non-conducive growth conditions reveal new gene associations with aflatoxin production

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 506-518

  Price, Michael S ^a   Conners, Shannon B ^b   Tachdjian, Sabrina ^b   Kelly, Robert M ^b   Payne, Gary A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus parasiticus; Gene expression; Regulation

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON SOURCE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REGULON; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 18844437029     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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