Molecular analysis of fungal gene expression upon interkingdom competition with insects

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 944, Issue , 2012, Pages 279-286

  Fohgrub, Ulrike ^a   Kempken, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Drosophila melanogaster; Interkingdom competition; RNA isolation

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DROSOPHILA; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION;

EID: 84934434861     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-122-6_21     Document Type: Article

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