TABLE 2.

Growth and development related genes and their functions affected by aflR gene knockout

Gene	Associated function
abaA	Transcription factor for conidia formation
rolA	Encoding hydrophobic protein
brlA	C2H2 zinc finger protein transcriptional activator of conidiophore
flbC	Putative C2H2 conidiation transcription factor
flbD	MYB family conidiophore development
nosA	Necessary for the induction of gene transcription in filamentous fungi in sexual reproduction
rosA	Zn2-Cys6 binuclear cluster domain-containing protein
veA	Global regulator
wetA	Developmental regulatory protein
arb2	Conidial pigment biosynthesis oxidase
gpaB	Asexual sporulation, AF biosynthesis, and virulence by regulating cAMP signaling
pbs2	Involved in the growth of mycelium, conidiation, and sclerotia formation
sclR	Involved in mycelial morphology, conidial development, and sclerotial formation
con6	Conidiation protein
con10	Conidiation-specific protein