Transformation of Penicillium griseoroseum nitrate reductase mutant with the nia gene from Fusarium oxysporum.

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 487-489

  De Queiroz, Marisa V ^a   Barros, Andréa O ^a   De Barros, Everaldo G ^a   Guimarães, Walter V ^a   De Araújo, Elza F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heterologous transformation; Nitrate reductase; Penicillium griseoroseum

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MUTANT; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; TECHNIQUE;

CHLORATES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FUSARIUM; GENES, FUNGAL; MUTATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; PENICILLIUM; POLYGALACTURONASE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; NIA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM GRISEOROSEUM;

EID: 0031816028     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-44-5-487     Document Type: Article

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