Aspergillus flavus

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2011, Pages 107-133

  Amaike, Saori ^a   Keller, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Atoxigenic; Genomics; NRPS; PKS; Secondary metabolite clusters; Velvet complex

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROP; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT SEED; REVIEW;

AFLATOXINS; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT DISEASES; SEEDS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI;

EID: 80051728363     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-072910-095221     Document Type: Review

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