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Isolation of conditional mutations in genes essential for viability of Cryptococcus neoformans.
Current genetics - 1 Jun 2017
Ianiri Giuseppe, Boyce Kylie J, Idnurm Alexander
Abstract excerpt
Discovering the genes underlying fundamental processes that enable cells to live and reproduce is a technical challenge, because loss of gene function in mutants results in organisms that cannot survive. This study describes a forward genetics method to identify essential genes in fungi, based on the propensity for Agrobacterium tumefaciens to insert T-DNA molecules into the promoters or 5' untranslated regions...
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