Generation of large chromosomal deletions in koji molds Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus sojae via a loop-out recombination

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7684-7693

  Takahashi, Tadashi ^a   Feng, Jie Jin ^a   Sunagawa, Misao ^b   Machida, Masayuki ^b   Koyama, Yasuji ^a  

^a Noda Institute for Scientific Research   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; MOLDS;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS SOJAE; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTERS; CHROMOSOMAL DELETIONS; CHROMOSOMAL REARRANGEMENTS; DELETION METHODS; GENOMIC DELETIONS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATIONS; HYBRIDIZATION ANALYSES; LOW FREQUENCIES; MOLECULAR BREEDINGS;

STRAIN;

BIOENGINEERING; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS; GENOME; RECOMBINATION;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS SOJAE; FUNGI;

EID: 57449088397     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00692-08     Document Type: Article

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