Stress induction of mycotoxin biosynthesis genes by abiotic factors

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-149

  Schmidt Heydt, Markus ^a   Magan, Naresh ^b   Geisen, Rolf ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus parasiticus; Fusarium culmorum; Ochratoxin; Penicillium verrucosum; Trichothecenes

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SYNTHESIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OCHRATOXINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PENICILLIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; TEMPERATURE; TRICHOTHECENES; WATER;

ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; PENICILLIUM VERRUCOSUM;

EID: 44949106371     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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