Integrating toxin gene expression, growth and fumonisin B1 and B2 production by a strain of Fusarium verticillioides under different environmental factors

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 85, 2013, Pages

  Medina, Angel ^a   Schmidt Heydt, Markus ^b   Cárdenas Chávez, Diana L ^c   Parra, Roberto ^c   Geisen, Rolf ^b   Magan, Naresh ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^c SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fumonisin genes; Predictive modelling; Systems biology; Temperature; Ternary relationships; Water activity

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; TEMPERATURE;

FUMONISIN; PREDICTIVE MODELLING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TERNARY RELATIONSHIPS; WATER ACTIVITY;

GENE EXPRESSION;

FUMONISIN B1; FUMONISIN B2; FUMONISIN; MYCOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEAT; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; FUMONISIN GENES; PREDICTIVE MODELLING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TERNARY RELATIONSHIPS; WATER ACTIVITY;

FUMONISINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENES, FUNGAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOTOXINS;

FUMONISIN GENES; PREDICTIVE MODELLING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TERNARY RELATIONSHIPS; WATER ACTIVITY;

EID: 84891389517     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0320     Document Type: Article

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