A silver bullet in a golden age of functional genomics: the impact of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of fungi

A Idnurm, AM Bailey, TC Cairns, CE Elliott… - Fungal Biology and …, 2017 - Springer
The implementation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a transformation tool revolutionized
approaches to discover and understand gene functions in a large number of fungal species …

Molecular tools for functional genomics in filamentous fungi: recent advances and new strategies

D Jiang, W Zhu, Y Wang, C Sun, KQ Zhang… - Biotechnology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Advances in genetic transformation techniques have made important contributions to
molecular genetics. Various molecular tools and strategies have been developed for …

Genetic transformation of Spizellomyces punctatus, a resource for studying chytrid biology and evolutionary cell biology

EM Medina, KA Robinson, K Bellingham-Johnstun… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Chytrids are early-diverging fungi that share features with animals that have been lost in
most other fungi. They hold promise as a system to study fungal and animal evolution, but …

6 Chytridiomycota, Monoblepharidomycota, and Neocallimastigomycota

MJ Powell, PM Letcher - Systematics and evolution: Part A, 2014 - Springer
Molecular phylogenetics has revolutionized our perception of relationships among
zoosporic fungi. These organisms are now known to be exceedingly diverse and have …

Nanotechnology and plant tissue culture

SP Álvarez, MAM Tapia, MEG Vega… - … Nanobionics: Volume 1 …, 2019 - Springer
Plant biotechnology is a great tool in several fields of human life such as medicine,
pharmacology, agriculture, biomass, and biofuels. The use of nanotechnology represent and …

A fast and reliable procedure for spore collection from anaerobic fungi: Application for RNA uptake and long-term storage of isolates

S Calkins, NC Elledge, RA Hanafy… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Anaerobic gut fungi (AGF) represent a basal fungal lineage (phylum Neocallimastigomycota
) that resides in the rumen and alimentary tracts of herbivores. The AGF reproduce …

Application of novel nanotechnology strategies in plant biotransformation: a contemporary overview

MS Ohadi Rafsanjani, A Alvari… - Recent Patents on …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
During the past epoch we have gone through the remarkable progress in plant gene
transformation technology. The production of transgenic plants is considered as a valuable …

[HTML][HTML] Horizontal DNA transfer from bacteria to eukaryotes and a lesson from experimental transfers

K Suzuki, K Moriguchi, S Yamamoto - Research in Microbiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is widespread among bacteria and plays a key role in
genome dynamics. HGT is much less common in eukaryotes, but is being reported with …

Nanoparticles-based delivery systems in plant genetic transformation

M Rai, S Bansod, M Bawaskar, A Gade… - … in food and agriculture, 2015 - Springer
The production of transgenic plants is considered as a valuable tool in plant research and
the technology is comprehensively useful in agricultural research. Gene transfer in plants is …

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Transformation for Investigating Pathogenicity Genes of the Phytopathogenic Fungus Colletotrichum sansevieriae

M Nakamura, H Kuwahara, K Onoyama, H Iwai - Current microbiology, 2012 - Springer
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (AtMT) has become a common
technique for DNA transformation of yeast and filamentous fungi. In this study, we first …