A first glance into the genome sequence of Aspergillus flavus

The Aspergilli: Genomics, Medical Aspects, Biotechnology, and Research Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 15-23

  Payne, Gary A ^a   Yu, Jiujiang ^b   Nierman, William C ^c,d   Machida, Masayuki ^e   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^b   Cleveland, Thomas E ^b   Dean, Ralph A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420008517     Document Type: Chapter

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