Development of a modified positive selection medium that allows to isolate Aspergillus oryzae strains cured of the integrated niaD-based plasmid

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2463-2465

  Ishi, Kazutomo ^a   Watanabe, Taisuke ^a   Juvvadi, Praveen Rao ^a   Maruyama, Jun Ichi ^a   Kitamoto, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus oryzae; Curing; EGFP; Nitrate reductase; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CURING; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; NITROGEN;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; EGFP; NITRATE REDUCTASE; POSITIVE SELECTION;

FUNGI;

CHLORATE; CHLORIC ACID; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FUNGAL DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITRATE REDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CHLORATES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENES, REPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE;

EID: 29344469812     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.2463     Document Type: Article

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