Agrobacterium-mediated insertional mutagenesis in histoplasma capsulatum

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 845, Issue , 2012, Pages 51-66

  Zemska, Olga ^a   Rappleye, Chad A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation; Forward genetics; Fungal pathogen; Histoplasma capsulatum; Insertional mutagenesis; T DNA; Thermal asymmetric interlaced PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HISTOPLASMA; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE GENETICS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HISTOPLASMA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE GENETICS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 84858121094     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-539-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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