The role of Aspergillus flavus veA in the production of extracellular proteins during growth on starch substrates

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5081-5094

  Duran, Rocio M ^a   Gregersen, Scott ^a   Smith, Timothy D ^a   Bhetariya, Preetida J ^a   Cary, Jeffrey W ^b   Harris Coward, Pamela Y ^b   Mattison, Christopher P ^b   Grimm, Casey ^b   Calvo, Ana M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amylases; Aspergillus flavus; Hydrolases; Proteases; Proteomics; veA

Indexed keywords

AMYLASES; ASPERGILLUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STARCH; SUBSTRATES;

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; EXTRACELLULAR PROTEINS; PROTEASES; PROTEOMICS; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; VEA; WESTERN-BLOT ANALYSIS;

PROTEINS;

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); AMYLASE; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CHITINASE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDASE; MALTOSE; MALTOTRIOSE; PROTEINASE; STARCH; TRIPEPTIDYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEA PROTEIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; HYDROLASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; PROTEIN; PROTEOMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STARCH; SUBSTRATE; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEOMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HYDROLASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; STARCH;

EID: 84901655261     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5598-6     Document Type: Article

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