A sensitive bioassay for the mycotoxin aflatoxin B1, which also responds to the mycotoxins aflatoxin G1 and T-2 toxin, using engineered baker's yeast

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-291

  Li, Xingmin ^a   Millson, Stefan ^b   Coker, Raymond ^c   Evans, Ivor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amylase; Aflatoxin B1; Bioassay; Mycotoxin; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN G1; AMYLASE; CARBOHYDRASE; CYTOCHROME P450 3A2; DEXTRANASE; GLYCOSIDASE; METHANOL; POLYMYXIN B NONAPEPTIDE; T 2 TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLUOROMETRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOXICITY TESTING;

AFLATOXINS; ALPHA-AMYLASES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP3A; DEXTRANASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIPOMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

LIPOMYCES KONONENKOAE;

EID: 67349189921     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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