Optimization of the URA-blaster disruption system in Candida guilliermondii: Efficient gene targeting using the URA3 marker

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-120

  Foureau, Emilien ^a   Courdavault, Vincent ^a   Simkin, Andrew J ^b   Pichon, Olivier ^a   Crèche, Joël ^a   Giglioli Guivarc'h, Nathalie ^a   Clastre, Marc ^a   Papon, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida guilliermondii; Fluoroorotic acid; Selectable marker; Transformation system; URA3

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URA3 GENE;

CANDIDA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE TARGETING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII;

EID: 84865335193     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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