Targeted gene replacement in fungal pathogens via agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 835, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-45

  Frandsen, Rasmus John Normand ^a   Frandsen, Mette ^b   Giese, Henriette ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b BIONEER A S   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation; AMT; ATMT; Fungal pathogens; Fungi; Gene replacement; In fusion cloning; USER cloning; Vector construction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE GENETICS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE GENETICS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA ZEAE;

EID: 84855896253     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-501-5_2     Document Type: Article

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