Genetic analysis of Aspergillus nidulans unstable transformants obtained by the biolistic process

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1137-1141

  Barcellos, Fernando Gomes ^c   Fungaro, Maria Helena Pelegrinelli ^a   Furlaneto, Márcia Cristina ^c   Lejeune, Bernard ^b   Pizzirani Kleiner, Aline A ^c   De Azevedo, João Lúcio ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Biolistic process; Fungal transformation; Mitotic instability

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0346906161     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w98-213     Document Type: Article

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