Genetic transformation of Coccidioides immitis facilitated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2106-2110

  Abuodeh, Raed O ^b,d   Orbach, Marc J ^a   Mandel, M Alejandra ^a   Das, Anath ^c   Galgiani, John N ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

COCCIDIOIDES; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034042591     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315525     Document Type: Article

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