Application of hammerhead ribozymes in filamentous fungi

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 585-595

  Mueller, Dirk ^a   Stahl, Ulf ^a   Meyer, Vera ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus giganteus; Gene regulation; GUS; Metabolic engineering; Ribozyme

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL CELL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; YEAST;

ASPERGILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCURONIDASE; PLASMIDS; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, MESSENGER;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GIGANTEUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646487125     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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