The transposon impala is activated by low temperatures: Use of a controlled transposition system to identify genes critical for viability of aspergillus fumigatus

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-448

  Carr, Paul D ^a   Tuckwell, Danny ^a   Hey, Peter M ^a   Simon, Laurence ^c,d   D'Enfert, Christophe ^c,d   Birch, Mike ^a   Oliver, Jason D ^a   Bromley, Michael J ^a,b  

^a F2G LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d INRA USC 2019   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; COLD; CYTOLOGY; DIPLOIDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOIDY; KINETICS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DIPLOIDY; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; HAPLOIDY; KINETICS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSPOSASES;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM;

EID: 77649305693     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00324-09     Document Type: Article

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