Genetic manipulation of Aspergillus nidulans: Heterokaryons and diploids for dominance, complementation and haploidization analyses

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 822-830

  Todd, Richard B ^a   Davis, Meryl A ^a   Hynes, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HAPLOIDY; HETEROKARYON; HETEROZYGOTE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DIPLOIDY; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; HAPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOTE; MUTATION;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 34248597893     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.113     Document Type: Article

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