Karyotype analysis, genome organization, and stable genetic transformation of the root colonizing fungus Piriformospora indica

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 543-550

  Zuccaro, Alga ^a   Basiewicz, Magdalena ^a   Zurawska, Magdalena ^a   Biedenkopf, Dagmar ^a   Kogel, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

GAPDH; Genome structure; Mycorrhiza; PEG mediated transformation; PFGE; Sebacinales; TEF

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; FUNGAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYGROMYCIN B; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; KARYOTYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIRIFORMOSPORA INDICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE ORDER; GENOME, FUNGAL; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PIRIFORMOSPORA INDICA; SEBACINALES;

EID: 67349224335     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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