Expression of aflatoxin genes aflO (omtB) and aflQ (ordA) differentiates levels of aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus strains from soils of pistachio orchards

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 293-299

  Jamali, Mojdeh ^a,b   Karimipour, Morteza ^a   Shams Ghahfarokhi, Masoomeh ^c   Amani, Akram ^a   Razzaghi Abyaneh, Mehdi ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b Payam e Noor University Karaj Branch   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin biosynthesis; AflO; AflQ; Aspergillus flavus; Gene expression; Soil

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; MYCOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRY WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; ORCHARD; PISTACHIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, FUNGAL; PISTACIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 84876991858     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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