Directional ligation of long-flanking homology regions to selection cassettes for efficient targeted gene-disruption in Candida albicans

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 841-847

  Taneja, Vibha ^a   Paul, Sanjoy ^a   Ganesan, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Dinucleotide sticky end ligation; Long flanking homologies; Targeted gene disruption

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA POLYMERASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DIGESTION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA LIGASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE TARGETING; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, FUNGAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 4344618722     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsyr.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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