Comparison of the aflR gene sequences of strains in Aspergillus section Flavi

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-170

  Lee, Chao Zong ^a   Liou, Guey Yuh ^a   Yuan, Gwo Fang ^a  

^a FOOD INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCINE; PROTEIN AFLR; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NOMIUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS SOJAE;

EID: 30744457325     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27618-0     Document Type: Article

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