Disruption of the Aspergillus fumigatus argB gene using a novel in vitro transposon-based mutagenesis approach

Current Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 235-241

  Jadoun, Jeries ^a   Shadkchan, Yona ^a   Osherov, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arginine auxotroph; Aspergillus fumigatus; Transformation; Transposon

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUXOTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA MODIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRANSPOSON;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; MUTAGENESIS; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 2542450971     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-003-0480-6     Document Type: Article

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