Conditional gene expression and promoter replacement in Zymoseptoria tritici using fungal nitrate reductase promoters

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 174-179

  Marchegiani, Elisabetta ^a   Sidhu, Yaadwinder ^b   Haynes, Ken ^b   Lebrun, Marc Henri ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditional promoter; Essential gene; Mycosphaerella; Nitrate reductase; Promoter exchange; Zymoseptor

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FUNGICIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONDITIONAL GENE EXPRESSION; CONDITIONAL PROMOTER REPLACEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESSENTIAL GENE; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE; ZYMOSEPTORIA TRITICI; ASCOMYCETES; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REPORTER GENE;

FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; MYCOSPHAERELLA;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; ASCOMYCOTA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84937565839     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.04.021     Document Type: Article

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