Transformation of taxol-producing endophytic fungi by restriction enzyme-mediated integration (REMI)

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-259

  Wang, Yechun ^a   Guo, Binhui ^a   Miao, Zhiqi ^a   Tang, Kexuan ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endophytic fungus; Hygromycin B resistance; Restriction enzyme mediated integration (REMI); Taxol; Transformation

Indexed keywords

HYGROMYCIN B; PACLITAXEL; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION ENZYME MEDIATED INTEGRATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYGROMYCIN B; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 34447618285     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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