Gene-specific disruption in the filamentous fungus Cercospora nicotianae using a split-marker approach

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 191, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 615-622

  You, Bang Jau ^a   Lee, Miin Huey ^b   Chung, Kuang Ren ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Filamentous fungi; Gene replacement; Pathogenicity; Plant pathogen; Recombination; Split marker; Toxins; Virulence

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ENDONUCLEASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CERCOSPORA NICOTIANAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA STRUCTURE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ASCOMYCETES; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

CERCOSPORA NICOTIANAE; FUNGI;

ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 67650115814     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-009-0489-4     Document Type: Article

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