Control of aflatoxin production of aspergillus flavus and aspergillus parasiticus using RNA silencing technology by targeting aflD (nor-1) gene

Toxins

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 647-659

  Abdel Hadi, Ahmed M ^a   Caley, Daniel P ^b   Carter, David R F ^b   Magan, Naresh ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; AflD (nor 1) gene; AflR gene; Real time PCR; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN G1; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN AFLD; PROTEIN AFLR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFLD GENE; AFLR GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATOR GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; STRUCTURAL GENE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXINS; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; PROTOPLASTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79959657331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins3060647     Document Type: Article

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