Improved gene targeting frequency in marine-derived filamentous fungus Aspergillus glaucus by disrupting ligD

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 355-362

  Fang, Zhe ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Cai, Menghao ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Zhang, Yuanxing ^a   Zhou, Xiangshan ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus glaucus; DNA ligase IV (ligD); Gene targeting; Marine drived filamentous fungus; Non homologous end joining

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GLAUCUS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TARGETING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LIGD GENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ASPERGILLUS; DNA END-JOINING REPAIR; GENE TARGETING; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC LOCI; HYDROXYUREA; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ASPERGILLUS GLAUCUS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84864395845     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13353-012-0095-z     Document Type: Article

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