Cloning of the nitrate reductase gene of Stagonospora (Septoria) nodorum and its use as a selectable marker for targeted transformation

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-137

  Cutler, Simon B ^a   Cooley, R Neil ^b   Caten, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b AgrEvo UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fungal transformation; Nitrate reductase; Septoria nodorum; Stagonospora nodorum

Indexed keywords

CHLORATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; COSMID; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INTRON; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAGONOSPORA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COSMIDS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC MARKERS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; PHAEOSPHAERIA NODORUM; SEPTORIA; STAGONOSPORA;

EID: 0031711847     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050377     Document Type: Article

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