aflT, a MFS transporter-encoding gene located in the aflatoxin gene cluster, does not have a significant role in aflatoxin secretion

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 911-920

  Chang, Perng Kuang ^a   Yu, Jiujiang ^a   Yu, Jae Hyuk ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; aflT; Aspergillus; G protein signaling; Gene cluster; MFS transporter

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

AFLT GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOR1 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMTA GENE; PKSA GENE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; VER1 GENE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN REGULATORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 4444238909     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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