A homologous and self-replicating system for efficient transformation of Fusarium oxysporum

Current Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-198

  Garcia Pedrajas, María D ^a   Roncero, M Isabel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ARS; Fusarium oxysporum; Linear self replicating vectors; NiaD; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI; FUSARIUM SP.;

FUNGAL DNA; NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, FUNGAL; FUSARIUM; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VECTORS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030027199     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02221584     Document Type: Article

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