Ethylene modulates development and toxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus possibly via an ethylene sensor-mediated signaling pathway

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 438-447

  Roze, L V ^a   Calvo, A M ^b   Gunterus, A ^a   Beaudry, R ^a   Kall, M ^a   Linz, J E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

1 METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; AFLATOXIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLOPROPANES; DNA, FUNGAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2142698051     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.3.438     Document Type: Article

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