Cloning heterologous genes: Problems and approaches

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 292-301

  Agnan, Jacqueline ^a   Korch, Christopher ^a   Selitrennikoff, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; DNA libraries; Functional complementation; Fungal genes; PCR; Southern hybridization; Transformation

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTENY;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031169746     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1997.0995     Document Type: Article

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