Agrobacterium-tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Helminthosporium turcicum, the maize leaf-blight fungus

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-284

  Degefu, Yeshitila ^a   Hanif, Mubashir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Helminthosporium turcicum; Leaf blight of maize

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYGROMYCIN B; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PLASMID VECTOR;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HELMINTHOSPORIUM TURCICUM; HYPHOMYCETES; LEAF BLIGHT; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; HELMINTHOSPORIUM; HYGROMYCIN B; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

AGARICUS; AGARICUS BISPORUS; AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; FUNGI; HELMINTHOSPORIUM; HYPHOMYCETES; SETOSPHAERIA TURCICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0141991005     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0589-5     Document Type: Article

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