Transformation of Metarhizium anisopliae with benomyl resistance and green fluorescent protein genes provides a tag for genetically engineered strains

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 907-911

  Cao, Yueqing ^a,b   Peng, Guoxiong ^a,b   He, Zhengbo ^a,b   Wang, Zhongkang ^a,b   Yin, Youping ^a,b   Xia, Yuxian ^a,b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR MAGNESIUM ALLOYS   (China)

Author keywords

Benomyl resistance; Green fluorescent protein; Infection; Metarhizium anisopliae; Transformation

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FLUORESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

BENOMYL RESISTANCE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HAEMOLYMPH; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BENOMYL; FUNGAL DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; LOCUST; METABOLISM; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BENOMYL; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEMOLYMPH; HYPHAE; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; METARHIZIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 34247328558     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9332-7     Document Type: Article

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