Role of bacterial virulence proteins in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Aspergillus awamori

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 571-578

  Michielse, C B ^a   Ram, A F J ^a,b   Hooykaas, P J J ^a   Van Den Hondel, C A M J J ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN VIRA; PROTEIN VIRC; PROTEIN VIRD; PROTEIN VIRG; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSFER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; REDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHIZOBIUM; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; ION CHANNELS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANT TUMOR-INDUCING PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIRUSES (INFECTIVE AGENTS);

EID: 1842526475     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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