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Cloning of the afl-2 gene involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis from Aspergillus flavus.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 1993
Payne G A, Nystrom G J, Bhatnagar D, Cleveland T E, Woloshuk C P
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Aflatoxins are extremely potent carcinogens produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. Cloning of genes in the aflatoxin pathway provides a specific approach to understanding the regulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis and, subsequently, to the control of aflatoxin contamination of food and feed. This paper reports the isolation of a gene involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis by complementation of an...
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