Genetic transformation of germinated conidia of the thermophilic fungus Humicola grisea var. thermoidea to hygromycin B resistance

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 185-190

  Dantas Barbosa, Carmela ^a   Araújo, Elza F ^b   Moraes, Lídia M P ^a   Vainstein, Marilene H ^c   Azevedo, Maristella O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b BIOAGRO Depto Microbiol Univ F   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Humicola sp.; Hygromycin B resistance; Thermophilic fungus; Transformation

Indexed keywords

HYGROMYCIN B; LITHIUM ACETATE; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPORATION; HEAT; HYGROMYCIN B; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MITOSIS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; HUMICOLA; HUMICOLA GRISEA VAR. THERMOIDEA;

EID: 0344505777     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00482-0     Document Type: Article

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