Transformation of Candida albicans by electroporation

Yeast

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1609-1618

  De Backer, Marianne D ^a   Maes, Dirk ^a   Vandoninck, Sandy ^a   Logghe, Marc ^b   Contreras, Roland ^b   Luyten, Walter H M L ^a  

^a JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Electroporation; Episomal vector; Homologous recombination; Integrative vector; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032700177     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(199911)15:15<1609::aid-yea485>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Article

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