Increased transformation frequency and tagging of developmental genes in Aspergillus nidulans by restriction enzyme-mediated integration (REMI)

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 89-94

  Sanchez O ^a   Navarro, R E ^a   Aguirre, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Asexual development; Aspergillus; Electroporation; Gene tagging; Restriction enzyme mediated integration

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; FUNGAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPORATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENETIC LINKAGE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPOROGENESIS;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ELECTROPORATION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0031900284     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050710     Document Type: Article

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