Simple transformation of the rice false smut fungus Villosiclava virens by electroporation of intact conidia

Mycoscience

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 344-348

  Tanaka, Eiji ^a   Kumagawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Chihiro ^b   Koga, Hironori ^a  

^a ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hygromycin B; Infection; Rice disease; Secondary conidia; Ustilaginoidea virens

Indexed keywords

COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; FUNGI; USTILAGINOIDEA VIRENS;

EID: 80052706812     PISSN: 13403540     EISSN: 16182545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10267-011-0115-6     Document Type: Article

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