Simple and efficient recycling of fungal selectable marker genes with the Cre-loxP recombination system via anastomosis

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Zhang, Dong Xiu ^a   Lu, Hsiao Ling ^b   Liao, Xinggang ^b   St Leger, Raymond J ^b   Nuss, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Cre loxP recombination; Cryphonectria parasitica; Fungal transformation; Gene knockout; Selectable marker gene

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MARKER GENE; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ROBERTSII; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM;

ANASTOMOSIS; CRE-LOXP RECOMBINATION; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FUNGAL TRANSFORMATION; GENE KNOCKOUT; SELECTABLE MARKER GENE;

ASCOMYCOTA; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REVERSE GENETICS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84887815584     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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