Involvement of the nadA gene in formation of G-group aflatoxins in Aspergillus parasiticus

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1081-1093

  Cai, Jingjing ^a   Zeng, Hongmei ^a   Shima, Yoko ^a,c   Hatabayashi, Hidemi ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Ito, Yasuhiro ^a   Adachi, Yoshikazu ^c   Nakajima, Hiromitsu ^b   Yabe, Kimiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin biosynthesis; Aflatoxin G1; Aspergillus parasiticus; NADA; nadA gene

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; O METHYLSTERIGMATOCYSTIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; STERIGMATOCYSTIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MICROSOME; MYCELIUM; NADA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 44649160606     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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