Flexible gateway constructs for functional analyses of genes in plant pathogenic fungi

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 186-192

  Mehrabi, Rahim ^a,b   Mirzadi Gohari, Amir ^b,c   da Silva, Gilvan Ferreira ^d   Steinberg, Gero ^e   Kema, Gert H J ^b   de Wit, Pierre J G M ^b  

^a SEED AND PLANT IMPROVEMENT INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binary vectors; Gateway technology; Gene deletion; GFP; RFP; Zymoseptoria tritici

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYGROMYCIN; NOURSEOTHRICIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYMOSEPTORIA TRITICI; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROCEDURES; STAINING;

FUNGI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANTS; SELECTION, GENETIC; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84937546952     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.03.016     Document Type: Article

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