Potential of Aspergillus flavus genomics for applications in biotechnology

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 151-157

  Cleveland, Thomas E ^a   Yu, Jiujiang ^a   Fedorova, Natalie ^b   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^a   Payne, Gary A ^c   Nierman, William C ^b,d   Bennett, Joan W ^e  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE CLUSTERS; GENETIC FACTORS; GENOME SEQUENCING; GENOMICS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVES; SECONDARY METABOLISMS; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

AFLATOXINS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; DEGRADATION; METABOLISM; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

METABOLITES;

AFLATOXIN; CARBOHYDRATE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNGAL BIOMASS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAPROTROPH;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOME, FUNGAL; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

EID: 60349103334     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.11.008     Document Type: Review

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