Targeted Gene Disruption in Koji Mold Aspergillus oryzae

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 765, Issue , 2011, Pages 447-456

  Maruyama, Jun ichi ^a   Kitamoto, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus oryzae; Filamentous fungi; Heterologous protein production; Highly efficient gene targeting; Marker recycling; Multiple gene disruptions

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MARKERS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES;

EID: 80052925932     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-197-0_27     Document Type: Chapter

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