Efficient and versatile transformation systems in entomopathogenic fungus Lecanicillium species

Current Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-108

  Ishidoh, Kei Ichi ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroshi ^a   Ihara, Fumio ^c   Nihira, Takuya ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMA1; Autonomous replication vector; ku80; Lecanicillium; pyrG; Transformation system

Indexed keywords

URIDINE;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; AUXOTROPHY; DNA VECTOR; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LECANICILLIUM; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ASCOMYCETES; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; INSECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; GENETIC VECTORS; INSECTS; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84900320646     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-013-0399-5     Document Type: Article

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