RNA-seq-based transcriptome analysis of aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus in response to water activity

Toxins

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3187-3207

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Guo, Zhenni ^a   Zhong, Hong ^a   Wang, Sen ^a   Yang, Weiqiang ^a   Liu, Yongfeng ^b   Wang, Shihua ^a  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; RNA seq; Transcriptome; Water activity

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; AFLATOXIN; CARCINOGEN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WATER ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTOME; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 84919950215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins6113187     Document Type: Article

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