Repeat induced point mutation in two asexual fungi, Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogenum

Current Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 287-297

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b DSM Anti Infectives ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Penicillium chrysogenum; Repeat induced point mutation; Transposons

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE SEQUENCE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 42249109368     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-008-0185-y     Document Type: Article

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