Evidence for dicer-dependent RNA interference in the industrial penicillin producer Penicillium chrysogenum

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3946-3956

  Janus, Danielle ^a   Hoff, Birgit ^a   Kück, Ulrich ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICER; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PCBRLA; PROTEIN PCDCL2; PROTEIN PCKU70; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE SILENCING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROBE;

GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PENICILLINS; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE;

PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 71449104845     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.032763-0     Document Type: Article

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