An efficient gene deletion procedure for the mushroom-forming basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1919-1923

  Ohm, Robin A ^a   de Jong, Jan F ^a   Berends, Elsa ^a   Wang, Fengfeng ^a   Wösten, Han A B ^a   Lugones, Luis G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basidiomycete; Homologous integration; Schizophyllum commune; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCETE; DIRECTIONAL CLONING; FLANKING SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; HOMOLOGOUS INTEGRATION; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; SCREENING PROTOCOL; TRANSFORMANTS; TRANSFORMATION;

CLONING;

FUNGI;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE;

EID: 77956870902     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0356-0     Document Type: Article

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