Transcriptomic profiles of Aspergillus flavus CA42, a strain that produces small sclerotia, by decanal treatment and after recovery

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-47

  Chang, Perng Kuang ^a   Scharfenstein, Leslie L ^a   Mack, Brian ^a   Yu, Jiujiang ^a,b   Ehrlich, Kenneth C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Conidiation; Decanal; Gene ontology; Sclerotia; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AMYLASE; DECANAL; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; KOJIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PECTINESTERASE; PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; ALDEHYDE; DECANALDEHYDE; PYRONE DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLBB GENE; FLBD GENE; FLBE GENE; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ONTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTIUM; SECONDARY METABOLISM; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; VEA GENE; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MYCELIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AFLATOXINS; ALDEHYDES; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ONTOLOGY; MYCELIUM; PYRONES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84903618191     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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