Protoplast production and transformation of morphological mutants of the Quorn® myco-protein fungus, Fusarium graminearum A3/5, using the hygromycin B resistance plasmid pAN7-1

Mycological Research

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 871-877

  Wiebe, Marilyn G ^a   Nováková, Michaela ^b   Miller, Laurie ^c   Blakebrough, Margaret L ^a   Robson, Geoffrey D ^a   Punt, Peter J ^d   Trinci, Anthony P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE;

EID: 2642607866     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756296003425     Document Type: Article

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