Elimination of marker genes from transformed filamentous fungi by unselected transient transfection with a Cre-expressing plasmid

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 721-730

  Florea, Simona ^a   Andreeva, Kalina ^a   Machado, Caroline ^a   Mirabito, Peter M ^a   Schardl, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Cre lox; dmaW; Epichlo ; Ergot alkaloids; Fungal transformation; Gene disruption; Hygromycin B resistance; Marker excision; Neotyphodium; yA

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; GENOMIC DNA; HYGROMYCIN B; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA MODIFICATION; EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LOXP SITE; MARKER GENE; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; NEOTYPHODIUM UNCINATUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; NEOTYPHODIUM; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FUNGI; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; NEOTYPHODIUM UNCINATUM;

EID: 68549107558     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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