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Cloning an Aspergillus nidulans developmental gene by transformation. 1985

I L Johnstone, and S G Hughes, and A J Clutterbuck

We have developed a transformation system for Aspergillus nidulans giving a frequency of transformation high enough to screen a gene bank from which we were able to isolate and clone the A. nidulans developmental gene brlA by visual selection. The vector contains the selective marker argB+, and with it a frequency of transformation of 500 stable transformants/micrograms plasmid DNA can regularly be achieved. The evidence suggests that transformation is by integration but spontaneous excision of integrated plasmids is apparently frequent enough to allow the recovery of transforming plasmids in Escherichia coli.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010957 Plasmids Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS. Episomes,Episome,Plasmid
D003001 Cloning, Molecular The insertion of recombinant DNA molecules from prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic sources into a replicating vehicle, such as a plasmid or virus vector, and the introduction of the resultant hybrid molecules into recipient cells without altering the viability of those cells. Molecular Cloning
D005800 Genes, Fungal The functional hereditary units of FUNGI. Fungal Genes,Fungal Gene,Gene, Fungal
D001233 Aspergillus nidulans A species of imperfect fungi from which the antibiotic nidulin is obtained. Its teleomorph is Emericella nidulans. Aspergillus nidulellus,Emericella nidulans
D014170 Transformation, Genetic Change brought about to an organisms genetic composition by unidirectional transfer (TRANSFECTION; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; CONJUGATION, GENETIC, etc.) and incorporation of foreign DNA into prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells by recombination of part or all of that DNA into the cell's genome. Genetic Transformation,Genetic Transformations,Transformations, Genetic

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