aflatoxin biosynthetic process (Q17717)
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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of aflatoxin, a fungal metabolite found as a contaminant in moldy grains that induces liver cancer. Aflatoxin induces a G to T transversion at codon 249 of p53, leading to its inactivatio
- aflatoxin formation
- aflatoxin synthesis
- aflatoxin biosynthesis
- GO:0045122
- aflatoxin anabolism
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| English | aflatoxin biosynthetic process |
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of aflatoxin, a fungal metabolite found as a contaminant in moldy grains that induces liver cancer. Aflatoxin induces a G to T transversion at codon 249 of p53, leading to its inactivatio |
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