High frequency gene transfer by microprojectile bombardment of intact conidia from the entomopathogenic fungus Paecilomyces fumosoroseus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-99

  Chaves Barreto, Cristine ^a   Cardoso Alves, Luciano ^a   Lima Aragão, Francisco José ^b   Rech, Elíbio ^b   Schrank, Augusto ^c   Henning Vainstein, Marilene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c Depto Biotecnologia Univ Fed D   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biolistic; Fungal transformation; Hygromycin B resistance; Microprojectile bombardment; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HYPHOMYCETES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC MARKERS; HYGROMYCIN B; INSECTS; PAECILOMYCES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTOPLASTS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0344110263     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00408-4     Document Type: Article

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