The aspergillus flavus homeobox gene, hbx1, is required for development and aflatoxin production

Toxins

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Cary, Jeffrey W ^a   Harris Coward, Pamela ^a   Scharfenstein, Leslie ^a   Mack, Brian M ^a   Chang, Perng Kuang ^a   Wei, Qijian ^a   Lebar, Matthew ^a   Carter Wientjes, Carol ^a   Majumdar, Rajtilak ^a   Mitra, Chandrani ^b   Banerjee, Sourav ^c   Chanda, Anindya ^b  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Development; Homeobox; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATREM; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; MYCOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS HOMEOBOX GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECONDARY METABOLISM; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; INDOLES; PHYLOGENY; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 85032858893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins9100315     Document Type: Article

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