Promoter Analysis and Generation of Knock-out Mutants in Aspergillus Fumigatus

Medical Mycology: Cellular and Molecular Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 231-256

  Brock, Matthias ^a   Gehrke, Alexander ^a   Sugareva, Venelina ^a   Brakhage, Axel A ^a  

^a Abteilung Molekulare und Angewandte Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Filamentous fungi transformation; Hygromycin B; Mitotic pop out events of URA blaster; Promoter analysis and knock out mutant generation; PyrG selection marker for transformation; Reporter genes promoter activity tool

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749116732     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470057414.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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