Genetic Manipulation of Zygomycetes

Medical Mycology: Cellular and Molecular Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 305-326

  Ibrahim, Ashraf S ^a   Skory, Christopher D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

A. tumefaciens mediated transformation (AMT); Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Biolistic particle delivery system; Genetic tools in mucorale manipulation; Molecular analysis of transformants; Selectable markers and mucorale fungi; Zygomycete genetic manipulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864132568     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470057414.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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