Genetic transformation of the dermatophyte, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, based on the use of G418 resistance as a dominant selectable marker

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Yamada, Tsuyoshi ^a   Makimura, Koichi ^a   Hisajima, Tatsuya ^a,b   Ito, Maki ^a,c   Umeda, Yoshiko ^a   Abe, Shigeru ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; G418 (geneticin); Genetic transformation; GFP fusion protein; Neomycin phosphotransferase gene (nptII)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOPHILIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN KINASE; MACROGOL; PLASMID VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CULTURE MEDIUM; DERMATOPHYTE; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCELIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

AMEBICIDES; CULTURE MEDIA; CYCLOPHILINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENTAMICINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTOPLASTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 37049018430     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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