Aspergillus flavus aflatoxin occurrence and expression of aflatoxin biosynthesis genes in soil

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 371-379

  Accinelli, Cesare ^a   Abbas, H K ^b   Zablotowicz, R M ^b   Wilkinson, J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin degradation; Aflatoxins; Aspergillus flavus; Gene expression; PCR; Soil ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ECOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENES; REACTION KINETICS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ENDOTOXIN GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FUNGI;

AFLATOXIN B1; CARCINOGEN;

CARCINOGEN; CROP RESIDUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD SAFETY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MAIZE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILTY LOAM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOXIN;

AFLD GENE; AFLG GENE; AFLP GENE; AFLR GENE; AFLS GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CORN; CROP; FOOD SAFETY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALF LIFE TIME; LOAM SOIL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL;

AFLATOXIN B1; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; ZEA MAYS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 43949105491     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-018     Document Type: Article

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