High-Throughput Screening for Isolation of Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein Expressing Transformants of Filamentous Fungus Using an Image Analyzer

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-316

  Suzuki, Satoshi ^a   Taketani, Hiroko ^a   Kusumoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Kashiwagi, Yutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus oryzae; Enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP); Gene trap; Image analyzer; Restriction enzyme mediated integration (REMI)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGI; GENES; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS (EGFP);

PROTEINS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SCREENING;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI;

EID: 0141888383     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(03)80201-3     Document Type: Article

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