Transcriptional profiles uncover Aspergillus flavus-induced resistance in maize kernels

Toxins

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 766-786

  Luo, Meng ^a   Brown, Robert L ^b   Chen, Zhi Yuan ^a   Menkir, Abebe ^c   Yu, Jiujiang ^b   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Imbibed kernels; Resistance genes; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KERNEL METHOD; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT IMMUNITY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME; ZEA MAYS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960781682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins3070766     Document Type: Article

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