Suppression of tandem-multimer formation during genetic transformation of the mycotoxin-producing fungus Penicillium paxilli by disrupting an orthologue of Aspergillus nidulans uvsC

Current Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-65

  Shibayama, Mayumi ^a,d   Ooi, Kazuhiro ^a   Johnson, Richard ^b,e   Scott, Barry ^c   Itoh, Yasuo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d CycLex Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

DNA integration; Filamentous fungi; Genetic transformation; RecA Rad51 UVSC

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; GENE PRODUCT; MYCOTOXIN; RAD51 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA REPAIR; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERMINATION; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC VECTORS; MYCOTOXINS; PENICILLIUM; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM PAXILLI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036939698     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-002-0330-y     Document Type: Article

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