One-step targeted gene deletion in Candida albicans haploids

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 464-473

  Zeng, Guisheng ^a   Wang, Yan Ming ^a   Chan, Fong Yee ^a   Wang, Yue ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ELECTROPORATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HAPLOIDY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84893279437     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.029     Document Type: Article

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