Characterization of the far transcription factor family in aspergillus flavus

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 3269-3281

  Luo, Xingyu ^a   Affeldt, Katharyn J ^a,b   Keller, Nancy P ^a,c  

^a Department of Plant Pathology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Fatty acid metabolism; FlyBook; Gene family; oxidation; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FARA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FARB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FARC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOSS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LIPID METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84994632223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.032466     Document Type: Article

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