Transformation of aspergillus sp. and trichoderma reesei using the pyrithiamine resistance Gene (ptrA) of aspergillus oryzae

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 404-406

  Kubodera, Takafumi ^a   Yamashita, Nobuo ^a   Nishimura, Akira ^a  

^a Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asprergillus; Dominant selectable marker; Drug resistance gene; Pyrithiamine; Trichoderma

Indexed keywords

PYRITHIAMINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; TRICHODERMA;

ASPERGILLUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; PYRITHIAMINE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRICHODERMA;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS KAWACHII; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS SP.; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; HYPOCREA JECORINA; MYXOGASTRIA; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0036481412     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.404     Document Type: Article

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