Molecular characterization of atoxigenic strains for biological control of aflatoxins in Nigeria

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 576-590

  Donner, M ^a   Atehnkeng, J ^b   Sikora, R A ^a   Bandyopadhyay, R ^b   Cotty, P J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Cereals; Health significance; Mycology; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; DNA ISOLATION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PYROSEQUENCING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

EID: 77952316681     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440040903551954     Document Type: Article

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