Cloning and functional analysis of a β-tubulin gene from a benomyl resistant mutant of Aspergillus parasiticus

Gene

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 7-12

  Wu, Tzong Shoon ^a   Skory, Christopher D ^a,b   Horng, Jyh Song ^a,c   Linz, John E ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Affatoxins; Gene cloning; Genetic transformation

Indexed keywords

BENOMYL; BETA TUBULIN; FUNGAL DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CONVERSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BENOMYL; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PROBES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TUBULIN;

ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0030571485     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00382-4     Document Type: Article

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