Improvement of the Coprinopsis cinerea molecular toolkit using new construct design and additional marker genes

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-162

  Collins, Catherine M ^a   Heneghan, Mary N ^a   Kilaru, Sreedhar ^a   Bailey, Andy M ^a   Foster, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agaricus bisporus; Coprinopsis cinerea; Coprinus cinereus; DsRed; Monomeric red fluorescent protein (mRFP)

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; LUCIFERASE; PLASMID VECTOR; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GENETIC MARKER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; COPRINUS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MARKER; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROMOTER REGION; AGARICALES; GENE DELETION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MICROBIAL GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

AGARICALES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; COPRINOPSIS CINEREA;

EID: 77954083796     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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