New pFA-cassettes for PCR-based gene manipulation in Candida albicans

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 416-429

  Schaub, Yvonne ^a   Dünkler, Alexander ^a   Walther, Andrea ^a   Wendland, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE TARGETING; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EREMOTHECIUM GOSSYPII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33750070351     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200510133     Document Type: Article

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