Transformation of Botrytis cinerea with the nitrate reductase gene (niaD) shows a high frequency of homologous recombination

Current Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-162

  Levis, Caroline ^a   Fortini, Dominique ^a   Brygoo, Yves ^a  

^a INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Botrytis cinerea; Homologous recombination; niaD; Nitrate reductase

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUSARIUM; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MUTATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030759131     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050261     Document Type: Article

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