T-DNA from Agrobacterium tumefaciens as an efficient tool for gene targeting in Kluyveromyces lactis

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-121

  Bundock, P ^a   Mroczek K ^a,c   Winkler, A A ^a   Steensma, H Y ^b   Hooykaas, P J J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Gene targeting; Kluyveromyces lactis; Recombination

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PLANT DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA TRANSFER; ELECTROPORATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOME; KLUYVEROMYCES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VECTORS; KLUYVEROMYCES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033026914     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050948     Document Type: Article

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