Temporal monitoring of the nor-1 (aflD) gene of Aspergillus flavus in relation to aflatoxin B1 production during storage of peanuts under different water activity levels

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1914-1922

  Abdel Hadi, A ^a   Carter, D ^b   Magan, N ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin genes; Aflatoxins; Aspergillus flavus; CFUs; Peanuts; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; FOOD STORAGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; AFLATOXIN B 1; AFLATOXIN GENE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CFU; PEANUT; REAL-TIME PCR; RELATIVE QUANTIFICATION; TARGET GENES; WATER ACTIVITY;

AFLATOXINS;

AFLATOXIN B1; BETA TUBULIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN NOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FUNGUS; GENE; GROUNDNUT; MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

EID: 78449242188     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04820.x     Document Type: Article

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