Transcriptomic analysis of Aspergillus flavus and its ASPES transcription factor deletion strains
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INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 2000 (Aspergillus flavus)
ORGANISM(S): Aspergillus Flavus
SUBMITTER: 
Guangshan Yao
PROVIDER: GSE107025 | GEO | 2018-12-25
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Exploration of the Regulatory Mechanism of Secondary Metabolism by Comparative Transcriptomics in Aspergillus flavus.
Yao Guangshan G Yue Yuewei Y Fu Yishi Y Fang Zhou Z Xu Zhangling Z Ma Genli G Wang Shihua S
Frontiers in microbiology 20180807
Mycotoxins cause a huge threaten to agriculture, food safety, and human and animal life. Among them, aflatoxins (AFs) have always been considered the most potent carcinogens, and filamentous fungi from Aspergillus genus are their major producers, especially A. flavus. Although the biosynthesis path of these chemicals had been well-identified, the regulatory mechanisms controlling expression of AF gene cluster were poorly understood. In this report, genome-wide transcriptome profiles of A. flavus ...[more]
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