Understanding the genetics of regulation of aflatoxin production and Aspergillus flavus development

Mycopathologia

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-166

  Bhatnagar, Deepak ^a   Cary, Jeffrey W ^a   Ehrlich, Kenneth ^a   Yu, Jiujiang ^a   Cleveland, Thomas E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Aspergillus flavus; Gene cluster; Genomics; Mycotoxins; Secondary metabolite

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; CROP; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SOIL;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENES, FUNGAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGI; MICROPUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748294272     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-006-0050-9     Document Type: Review

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