Association with AflR in endosomes reveals new functions for AflJ in aflatoxin biosynthesis

Toxins

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1582-1600

  Ehrlich, Kenneth C ^a   Mack, Brian M ^a   Wei, Qijian ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Roze, Ludmila V ^b   Dazzo, Frank ^c   Cary, Jeffrey W ^a   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^a   Linz, John E ^b  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aflatoxisomes; AflJ; AflR; Aspergillus parasiticus; Endosomes; Protein trafficking

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN AFLJ; PROTEIN AFLR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AFLJ GENE; AFLR GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; CELL NUCLEUS; ENDOSOMES; GENES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84873052332     PISSN: 20726651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins4121582     Document Type: Article

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