Agrobacterium tumefasciens-mediated transformation of the aquatic fungus Blastocladiella emersonii

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 806-811

  Vieira, André L G ^a,b   Camilo, César M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation; Blastocladiella emersonii; Blastocladiomycete; Chytridiomycete; GFP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROMYCIN PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BLASTOCLADIELLA; BLASTOCLADIELLA EMERSONII; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS TRANSFORMATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HPH GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SPOROGENESIS;

BLASTOCLADIELLA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYGROMYCIN B; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BLASTOCLADIELLA EMERSONII; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 79959571616     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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