Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation as a tool for insertional mutagenesis in medicinal fungus Cordyceps militaris

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-274

  Zheng, Zhuangli ^a,b   Huang, Chuanhua ^c,d   Cao, Li ^c   Xie, Cuihong ^c   Han, Richou ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetosyringone; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Cordyceps militaris; Degeneration; Insertional mutagenesis; TAIL PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; T DNA; T-DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CULTIVATION; FRUITING; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUTATION; OPTIMIZATION; PH; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CORDYCEPS; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CORDYCEPS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS MILITARIS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79952008404     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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