Insertional mutagenesis in Coprinus cinereus: Use of a dominant selectable marker to generate tagged, sporulation-defective mutants

Current Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 371-382

  Cummings, W Jason ^a   Celerin, Martina ^a   Crodian, Jennifer ^a   Brunick, Linda K ^a   Zolan, Miriam E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungi; Hygromycin B; Meiosis; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; HYGROMYCIN B;

ARTICLE; COPRINUS; DNA FLANKING REGION; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUNGUS MUTATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MARKER GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; COPRINUS; COPRINUS CINEREUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0033385729     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050512     Document Type: Article

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