Development of a simple and rapid Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation system for the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 248-254

  Duarte, R T D ^a   Staats, C C ^b   Fungaro, M H P ^a   Schrank, A ^b   Vainsten, M H ^b   Furlaneto Maia, L ^a,c   Nakamura, C V ^d   De Souza, W ^e   Furlaneto, Márcia C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NORTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium attachment; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Benomyl resistance; Metarhizium anisopliae var.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FUNGI; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VALUE ENGINEERING;

AGROBACTERIA; AGROBACTERIUM ATTACHMENT; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BENOMYL; BENOMYL RESISTANCE; CO-CULTIVATION; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; FUNGAL CELLS; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIA VAR.; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EFFICIENCY;

BENOMYL;

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; CELLS; FUNGI; GENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; GRASSHOPPER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CELL AGGREGATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE TARGETING; GRASSHOPPER; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM;

EID: 33847015671     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02092.x     Document Type: Article

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