veA is required for toxin and sclerotial production in Aspergillus parasiticus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4733-4739

  Calvo, Ana M ^a   Bok, Jinwoo ^b   Brooks, Wilhelmina ^a   Keller, Nancy P ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; FUNGI; GENES; HEALTH RISKS; METABOLISM; PROTEINS; SEED;

ADVERSE CONDITIONS; CONIDATION; MYCOTOXIN PRODUCTION;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

AFLATOXIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN; TOXIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTAMINATION; FOOD CHAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; SCLEROTIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AFLATOXINS; ANTHRAQUINONES; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PLANT DISEASES; SEEDS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SCLEROTIUM (ASCOMYCOTA);

EID: 4143122462     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4733-4739.2004     Document Type: Article

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