Development of ToxA and ToxB promoter-driven fluorescent protein expression vectors for use in filamentous ascomycetes

Mycologia

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1152-1161

  Andrie, Rachael M ^a   Martinez, J Patrick ^a,b   Ciuffetti, Lynda M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescent proteins; Fungal promoter; Heterologous expression; Pyrenophora tritici repentis; ToxA; ToxB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TOXA PROTEIN, PYRENOPHORA TRITICI REPENTIS; TOXA PROTEIN, PYRENOPHORA TRITICI-REPENTIS; TOXB PROTEIN, PYRENOPHORA TRITICI REPENTIS; TOXB PROTEIN, PYRENOPHORA TRITICI-REPENTIS; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOTOXINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PYRENOPHORA TRITICI-REPENTIS; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 33644784888     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 00275514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.97.5.1152     Document Type: Article

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