Efficient gene disruption in the koji -mold Aspergillus sojae using a novel variation of the positive-negative method

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 344-352

  Takahashi, T ^a,b   Hatamoto, O ^a,b   Koyama, Y ^a   Abe, K ^a,c  

^a KIKKOMAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Noda Institute for Scientific Research   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; oliC31; Screening; Selection; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AMYLASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BACTERIAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VECTORS; TRIETHYLTIN COMPOUNDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SOJAE; FUNGI;

EID: 8644233254     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-004-1062-0     Document Type: Article

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