Progress in elucidating the molecular basis of the host plant - Aspergillus flavus interaction, a basis for devising strategies to reduce aflatoxin contamination in crops

Journal of Toxicology - Toxin Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 345-380

  Cleveland, Thomas E ^a   Yu, Jiujiang ^a   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^a   Chen, Zhi Yuan ^a,b   Brown, Robert L ^a   Chang, Perng Kuang ^a   Cary, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Fungus; Interaction; Plant

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; AFLATOXIN; AMYLASE; AMYLASE INHIBITOR; CELLULASE; CHITINASE; HYDROLASE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYGALACTURONASE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CROP; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT GENETICS; PROTEOMICS; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SEED KERNEL; SPECIES INVASION; VIRULENCE; VIRUS INHIBITION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 5344220346     PISSN: 07313837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/TXR-200027892     Document Type: Review

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