A method for the large scale isolation of high transformation efficiency fungal genomic DNA

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 261-265

  Zhang, Donglu ^a   Yang, Yifan ^a   Castlebury, Lisa A ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cunninghamella elegans; Drug metabolism; Fungal DNA isolation; Genomic DNA library

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOMYCETES;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; FUSARIUM; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRICHOSPORON; ZYGOMYCOTA;

CUNNINGHAMELLA ELEGANS; FUNGI; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 0030561325     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00421-1     Document Type: Article

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