Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Aspergillus awamori in the absence of full-length VirD2, VirC2, or VirE2 leads to insertion of aberrant T-DNA structures.

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Published in J Bacteriol on April 01, 2004

Authors

Caroline B Michielse1, Arthur F J Ram, Paul J J Hooykaas, Cees A M J J van den Hondel

Author Affiliations

1: Clusius Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2333 AL, Leiden, The Netherlands. Michielse@rulbim.leidenuniv.nl

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