Comparison of different transformation methods for Aspergillus giganteus

Current Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 371-377

  Meyer, Vera ^a   Mueller, Dirk ^a   Strowig, Till ^a   Stahl, Ulf ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation; Biolistic transformation; Electroporation; Protoplast transformation

Indexed keywords

HYGROMYCIN B;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA TRANSFER; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ASPERGILLUS; BIOLISTICS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GIGANTEUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 0041473596     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-003-0406-3     Document Type: Article

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