Amino acid supplementation reveals differential regulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus flavus NRRL 3357 and Aspergillus parasiticus SRRC 143

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1308-1319

  Wilkinson, J R ^a   Yu, J ^b   Bland, J M ^b   Nierman, W C ^c,d   Bhatnagar, D ^b   Cleveland, T E ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RNA; YEAST;

AFLATOXIN; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; REGULATORY MECHANISMS; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACIDS;

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AMINO ACID; SUCROSE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID; CARCINOGEN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; RNA; TOXIN; YEAST;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RNA EXTRACTION; YEAST;

AFLATOXINS; AMINO ACIDS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUCROSE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS NRRL3357; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGI;

EID: 34247552306     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0768-9     Document Type: Article

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