Sequential gene deletions in Hypocrea jecorina using a single blaster cassette

Current Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 204-211

  Hartl, Lukas ^a   Seiboth, Bernhard ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

5 FOA; Glucokinase; Hexokinase; Pyr4; Transformation; Trichoderma reesei

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; FLUOROOROTIC ACID; FUNGAL DNA; GLUCOKINASE; HEXOKINASE; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; URIDINE;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; CARBON SOURCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HYPOCREA; HYPOCREA JECORINA; KNOCKOUT GENE; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCOKINASE; HEXOKINASE; HYPOCREA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OROTIDINE-5'-PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FUNGI; HYPOCREA; HYPOCREA JECORINA; STREPTOALLOTEICHUS HINDUSTANUS;

EID: 27644551948     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-005-0011-8     Document Type: Article

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