Expression of genes of the aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway in Aspergillus flavus isolates from keratitis

Molecular Vision

Volumn 17, Issue , 2011, Pages 2889-2897

  Leema, George ^a   Chou, Duen Suey ^b   Nelson Jesudasan, Christadoss A ^c   Geraldine, Pitchairaj ^a   Thomas, Philip A ^c  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c JOSEPH EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

AFLJ GENE; AFLR GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; NOR 1 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PKSA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CORNEA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 83055178276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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