Development of a rapid and simple Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation system for the fungal pathogen Heterobasidion annosum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-88

  Samils, Nicklas ^a   Elfstrand, Malin ^a   Lindner Czederpiltz, Daniel L ^a,b   Fahleson, Jan ^a   Olson, Åke ^a   Dixelius, Christina ^a   Stenlid, Jan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Heterobasidion annosum; Transformation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYGROMYCIN B;

ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; FUNGI; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM;

EID: 33645081703     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2005.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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