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Clustered pathway genes in aflatoxin biosynthesis.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 70 ·No. 3 ·2004-03-00 ·Pages 1253-62

Yu J, Chang PK, Ehrlich KC, Cary JW, Bhatnagar D, Cleveland TE, Payne GA, Linz JE, Woloshuk CP, Bennett JW

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MeSH Terms
Aflatoxins/biosynthesis,chemistry,genetics Aspergillus/genetics,metabolism,pathogenicity Genes, Fungal Molecular Sequence Data Multigene Family Terminology as Topic
Chemicals
Aflatoxins
Authors & Affiliations
10 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Yu Jiujiang
Southern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, USA. [email protected]
Chang Perng-Kuang
Ehrlich Kenneth C
Cary Jeffrey W
Bhatnagar Deepak
Cleveland Thomas E
Payne Gary A
Linz John E
Woloshuk Charles P
Bennett Joan W
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Article Info
Journal
Applied and environmental microbiology
Abbr.
Appl Environ Microbiol
ISSN
0099-2240
DOI
10.1128/AEM.70.3.1253-1262.2004
Email
[email protected]
Published
2004-03-00
Pages
1253-62
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7605801
PMCID
PMC368384
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IM
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