Transposons in biotechnologically relevant strains of Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogenum

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1399-1414

  Braumann, Ilka ^a   van den Berg, Marco ^b   Kempken, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b DSM RESOLVE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ANiTa1; Aspergillus niger; Penicillium chrysogenum; PeTra; Transposon; Vader

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT; TRANSPOSON;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROELEMENTS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 35848941193     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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