Completed sequence of aflatoxin pathway gene cluster in Aspergillus parasiticus11The nucleotide sequence data in A. parasiticus reported here are available in the NCBI GenBank database under the accession number AY371490.

AbstractAn 82-kb Aspergillus parasiticus genomic DNA region representing the completed sequence of the well-organized aflatoxin pathway gene cluster has been sequenced and annotated. In addition to the 19 reported and characterized aflatoxin pathway genes and the four sugar utilization genes in this cluster, we report here the identification of six newly identified genes which are putatively involved in aflatoxin formation. The function of these genes, the cluster organization and its significance in gene expression are discussed