Improved gene targeting in Magnaporthe grisea by inactivation of MgKU80 required for non-homologous end joining

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-75

  Villalba, François ^a   Collemare, Jérôme ^b   Landraud, Patricia ^b   Lambou, Karine ^b   Brozek, Viviane ^a   Cirer, Bénédicte ^a   Morin, Damien ^b   Bruel, Christophe ^b   Beffa, Roland ^a   Lebrun, Marc Henri ^b  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Homologous recombination; KU80; Magnaporthe grisea; Non homologous end joining

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; KU80 GENE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENES, FUNGAL; MAGNAPORTHE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; NEUROSPORA;

EID: 36148946764     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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