Aflatoxin biosynthesis cluster gene cypA is required for G aflatoxin formation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6518-6524

  Ehrlich, Kenneth C ^a,c   Chang, Perng Kuang ^a   Yu, Jiujiang ^a   Cotty, Peter J ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; FUNGI; GENES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALFATOXINS; EPOXIDATION; OXIDATIVE CLEAVAGE;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2; CYTOCHROME A; CYTOCHROME P450; O METHYLSTERIGMATOCYSTIN; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; GIBBERELLA; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AFLATOXINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NOMIUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NOMIUS;

EID: 8744255615     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6518-6524.2004     Document Type: Article

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