Association of fungal secondary metabolism and sclerotial biology

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Calvo, Ana M ^a   Cary, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Gene cluster; Genetic regulation; Morphogenesis; Sclerotia; Secondary metabolism; VeA; Velvet

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84927513915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00062     Document Type: Review

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