Gene inactivation mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens in the filamentous fungi Metarhizium anisopliae

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 945-950

  Staats, Charley Christian ^a   Junges, Angela ^a   Fitarelli, Mariana ^a   Furlaneto, Marcia Cristina ^b   Vainstein, Marilene Henning ^a   Schrank, Augusto ^a  

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

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agrotransformation; Entomopathogen; Gene inactivation; Metarhizium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; FUNGI; MUTAGENESIS; PATHOGENS;

AGROTRANSFORMATION; ENTOMOPATHOGENS; GENE INACTIVATION;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; WILD TYPE;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; METARHIZIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 34548355073     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1043-4     Document Type: Article

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