An improved method for Beauveria bassiana transformation using phosphinothricin acetlytransferase and green fluorescent protein fusion gene as a selectable and visible marker

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1379-1383

  Jin, Kai ^a   Zhang, Yongjun ^a   Luo, Zhibing ^a   Xiao, Yuehua ^a   Fan, Yanhua ^a   Wu, Di ^a   Pei, Yan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Fusion gene; Green fluorescent protein; Phosphinothricin resistance; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL; FLUORESCENCE; FUSION REACTIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MICROFLUIDICS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; PROTEINS;

AND DETECTION; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BIOCONTROL AGENTS; CODING REGIONS; EXPRESSION VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN FUSION; IMPROVED METHODS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN (PPT); TRANSFORMANTS; TRANSFORMATION METHOD (TM);

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FREEZING; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; BEAUVERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; FREEZING; GENETIC MARKERS; GERMINATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 45849140531     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-008-9713-6     Document Type: Article

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