Transient expression of the β-glucuronidase gene after biolistic transformation of the anaerobic fungus Neocalimastix frontalis

Current Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 158-161

  Durand, Roger ^a   Rascle, Christine ^a   Fischer, Marc ^a   Fèvre, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

glucuronidase; Anaerobic fungus; Biolistic transformation; Neocallimastix frontalis

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; ENOLASE; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT GENE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BIOLISTICS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIDASE; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RUMEN; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031044165     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050190     Document Type: Article

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