Development of an unmarked gene deletion system for the filamentous fungi Aspergillus niger and Talaromyces versatilis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3484-3487

  Delmas, Stéphane ^a,f   Llanos, Agustina ^a,b,c,d,e   Parrou, Jean Luc ^c,d,e   Kokolski, Matthew ^a   Pullan, Steven T ^a,g   Shunburne, Lee ^a   Archer, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Cinabio Adisseo France SAS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^e INSA   (France)

^f Département de Biologie   (France)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DOUBLE MUTANTS; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; GENE DELETION; NONHOMOLOGOUS END JOINING; SELECTION MARKER; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR;

GENE ENCODING;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; XLNR PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGUS; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; TALAROMYCES;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE DELETION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; TALAROMYCES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84899810872     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00625-14     Document Type: Article

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