Mycotoxin production by Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium species

MJ Sweeney, ADW Dobson - International journal of food microbiology, 1998 - Elsevier
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by certain filamentous fungi, which can be
produced 2.1. The Aspergillus mycotoxins in foods as a result of fungal growth (Table 1) …

Aflatoxin in maize

GA Payne, NW Widstrom - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
Aflatoxin B1 is a potent hepatacarcinogen that occurs in corn worldwide. The aflatoxin‐
producing fungus Aspergillus flavus can grow and produce aflatoxin on corn preharvest and …

Enzymology and molecular biology of aflatoxin biosynthesis

RE Minto, CA Townsend - Chemical reviews, 1997 - ACS Publications
Enzymology and Molecular Biology of Aflatoxin Biosynthesis | Chemical Reviews ACS ACS
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Molecular biology of aflatoxin biosynthesis

F Trail, N Mahanti, J Linz - Microbiology, 1995 - microbiologyresearch.org
Aspergillus parasiticus and A. J7avn. r. These ubiquitous fungi are capable of infecting a
wide variety of crops, which, under certain conditions, can become contaminated with this …

Cloning of the Aspergillus parasiticus apa-2 gene associated with the regulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis

PK Chang, JW Cary, D Bhatnagar… - Applied and …, 1993 - Am Soc Microbiol
An Aspergillus parasiticus gene, designated apa-2, was identified as a regulatory gene
associated with aflatoxin biosynthesis. The apa-2 gene was cloned on the basis of …

Selection of multiple disruption events in Aspergillus fumigatus using the orotidine-5′-decarboxylase gene, pyrG, as a unique transformation marker

C d'Enfert - Current genetics, 1996 - Springer
Abstract A 8.6-kb disruption cassette, referred to here as a pyrG-blaster and consisting of the
Aspergillus niger pyrG gene flanked by a direct repeat that encodes the neomycin …

Isolation and characterization of a gene from Aspergillus parasiticus associated with the conversion of versicolorin A to sterigmatocystin in aflatoxin biosynthesis

CD Skory, PK Chang, J Cary… - Applied and environmental …, 1992 - Am Soc Microbiol
DNA isolated from the wild-type aflatoxin-producing (Afl+) fungus Aspergillus parasiticus
NRRL 5862 was used to construct a cosmid genomic DNA library employing the …

Physical and transcriptional map of an aflatoxin gene cluster in Aspergillus parasiticus and functional disruption of a gene involved early in the aflatoxin pathway

F Trail, N Mahanti, M Rarick, R Mehigh… - Applied and …, 1995 - Am Soc Microbiol
Two genes involved in aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) biosynthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus, nor-1 and
ver-1, were localized to a 35-kb region on one A. parasiticus chromosome and to the …

Potential of Aspergillus flavus genomics for applications in biotechnology

TE Cleveland, J Yu, N Fedorova, D Bhatnagar… - Trends in …, 2009 - cell.com
Aspergillus flavus is a common saprophyte and opportunistic pathogen that produces
numerous secondary metabolites. The primary objectives of the A. flavus genomics program …

RNA Silencing of Mycotoxin Production in Aspergillus and Fusarium Species

T McDonald, D Brown, NP Keller… - Molecular plant …, 2005 - Am Phytopath Society
Mycotoxins are natural fungal products that are defined by their harmful effects on humans
and animals. Aflatoxin contamination of maize by Aspergillus species and trichothecene …