Aspergillus oryzae strains with a large deletion of the aflatoxin biosynthetic homologous gene cluster differentiated by chromosomal breakage

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-345

  Lee, Yun Hae ^a,b   Tominaga, Mihoko ^b   Hayashi, Risa ^b   Sakamoto, Kazutoshi ^b   Yamada, Osamu ^b   Akita, Osamu ^a,b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BREWING   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN BIOSYNTHESIS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORY GENES; LARGE DELETION; REGULATORY GENES; SOUTHERN ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOT ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC PRIMERS; UNIQUE SEQUENCE;

BIOPOLYMERS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; AFLATOXINS; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENES; ASPERGILLUS;

AFLATOXIN; DNA FRAGMENT; FUNGAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

CHROMOSOME; DNA; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN;

AFLR GENE; AFLT GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; AVNA GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NOR 1 GENE; NORA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VBS GENE; VERB GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VER 1 GENE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, FUNGAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE;

EID: 33747666217     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.03.019     Document Type: Article

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