Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation as a tool for insertional mutagenesis in the fungus Penicillium marneffei

Mycological Research

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 943-949

  Zhang, Piyan ^a   Xu, Bin ^b   Wang, Yuezhu ^b   Li, Yunqian ^c   Qian, Zhen ^b   Tang, Shengrong ^b   Huan, Shen ^b   Ren, Shuangxi ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^c GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bleomycin resistance; Fungal genomics; Genetic engineering; Medical mycology; TAIL PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DNA; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYBRIDIZATION; MUTATION; OPTIMIZATION; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PENICILLIUM; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VECTORS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PENICILLIUM; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI;

EID: 47149088231     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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