Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of the lichen fungus, Umbilicaria muehlenbergii.

Transformation-mediated mutagenesis in both targeted and random manners has been widely applied to decipher gene function in diverse fungi. However, a transformation system has not yet been established for lichen fungi, severely limiting our ability to study their biology and mechanism underpinning...

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Main Authors: Sook-Young Park, Min-Hye Jeong, Hai-Ying Wang, Jung A Kim, Nan-Hee Yu, Sungbeom Kim, Yong Hwa Cheong, Seogchan Kang, Yong-Hwan Lee, Jae-Seoun Hur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3875497?pdf=render