Insertional mutagenesis of Aspergillus fumigatus

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 327-335

  Brown, J S ^a   Aufauvre Brown, A ^a   Holden, D W ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Electroporation; Insertional mutagenesis; Restriction enzyme mediated integration

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE INSERTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOPLAST; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RECOMBINANT; ELECTROPORATION; GENOME, FUNGAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; PROTOPLASTS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 0031711948     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050819     Document Type: Article

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