An improved protocol for the preparation of yeast cells for transformation by electroporation

Yeast

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 565-571

  Thompson, J R ^a   Register, E ^a   Curotto, J ^a   Kurtz, M ^a   Kelly, R ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Transformation

Indexed keywords

DITHIOTHREITOL; LITHIUM ACETATE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DITHIOTHREITOL; ELECTROPORATION; LITHIUM; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032580437     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(19980430)14:6<565::AID-YEA251>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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