Transcriptomic profiling of Aspergillus flavus in response to 5-azacytidine

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 78-86

  Lin, Jian Qing ^a   Zhao, Xi Xi ^a   Zhi, Qing Qing ^a   Zhao, Ming ^b   He, Zhu Mei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

5 Azacytidine; Aflatoxin biosynthesis; Aspergillus flavus; RNA sequencing; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; BRLA PROTEIN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; LAEA PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VELB PROTEIN;

AFLR GENE; AFLS GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REGULATOR GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; VEA GENE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; AZACITIDINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI;

EID: 84879499963     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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