Regulation of aflatoxin synthesis by FadA/cAMP/protein kinase A signaling in Aspergillus parasiticus

Mycopathologia

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-232

  Roze, Ludmila V ^a   Beaudry, Randolph M ^b   Keller, Nancy P ^c   Linz, John E ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MSU   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

aflatoxin; Aspergillus parasiticus; cAMP; FadA; PKA; signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FADA PROTEIN, EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 4544318238     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000041841.71648.6e     Document Type: Article

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