Detection of Aspergillus flavus in stored peanuts using real-time PCR and the expression of aflatoxin genes in toxigenic and atoxigenic A. flavus isolates

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 289-296

  Mahmoud, Mohamed A ^a  

^a Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARACHIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS;

AFLATOXIN B1; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ARACHIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL;

EID: 84926506814     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2014.1854     Document Type: Article

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