VeA is associated with the response to oxidative stress in the aflatoxin producer Aspergillus flavus

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1095-1103

  Baidya, Sachin ^a   Duran, Rocio M ^a   Lohmar, Jessica M ^a   Harris Coward, Pamela Y ^b   Cary, Jeffrey W ^b   Hong, Sung Yong ^c   Roze, Ludmila V ^c   Linz, John E ^c   Calvo, Ana M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

AFLATOXIN; CATALASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CATALASE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84907464160     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00099-14     Document Type: Article

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