Autonomous plasmid replication in Aspergillus nidulans AMA1 and MATE elements

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 373-387

  Aleksenko, A ^a   Clutterbuck, A J ^b  

^a STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMA1; Amplification; Aspergillus; Fungal plasmids; Multiple copies; Replicating vectors; Topoisomerases; Transformation

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031164766     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1997.0980     Document Type: Article

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