Transient and multivariate system for transformation of a fungal plant pathogen, Rosellinia necatrix, using autonomously replicating vectors

Current Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 129-138

  Shimizu, Takeo ^a   Ito, Tsutae ^a   Kanematsu, Satoko ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMA1; Co transformation; Filamentous fungi; Transformation efficiency

Indexed keywords

AMA1 GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; AUTONOMOUSLY REPLICATING VECTOR; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSELLIANIA NECATRIX;

ASCOMYCOTA; DNA REPLICATION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC VECTORS; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; ROSELLINIA NECATRIX;

EID: 84863685778     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-012-0370-x     Document Type: Article

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