Ochratoxin A biosynthetic genes in Aspergillus ochraceus are differentially regulated by pH and nutritional stimuli

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 213-221

  O'Callaghan, John ^a   Stapleton, Patricia C ^a   Dobson, Alan D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aspergillus ochraceus; Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase; Ochratoxin A; Polyketide synthase

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PH; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, FUNGAL; FOOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCHRATOXINS; PEPTONES; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; FUNGI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33645864675     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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