Role of mycoferritin from Aspergillus parasiticus (255) in secondary metabolism (aflatoxin production)

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-117

  Shashidhar, J ^a   Sashidhar, R B ^a   Deshpande, Vijay ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus parasiticus; Mycoferritin; Oxidative stress; Toxigenic potential

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ANTIOXIDANT; FERRITIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IRON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUCROSE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ENZYME METABOLISM; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; YEAST;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; CULTURE MEDIA; FERRITINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IRON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 24944435062     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.07.033     Document Type: Article

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