Deletion of the Cochliobolus heterostrophus mating-type (MAT) locus promotes the function of MAT transgenes

Current Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-249

  Wirsel, Stefan ^a   Turgeon, B Gillian ^a   Yoder, O C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascomycete; Fungal transformation; Idiomorph; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DELETION MUTANT; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MATING TYPE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ASCOMYCOTA; COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS;

EID: 0030020787     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050042     Document Type: Article

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