Analysis of the effect of nutritional factors on OTA and OTB biosynthesis and polyketide synthase gene expression in Aspergillus ochraceus

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-27

  Abbas, Abdelhamid ^a   Valez, Heriberto ^a   Dobson, Alan D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ochratoxin A; Ochratoxin B; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CARBON; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCEROL; LYSINE; MALTOSE; NITROGEN; OCHRATOXIN; PHENYLALANINE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; PROLINE; SUCROSE; UREA; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; CARBON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; NITROGEN; OCHRATOXINS; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; FUNGI;

EID: 68949117814     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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