Transformation of Aspergillus niger using the argB gene of Aspergillus nidulans

Autor: David Ivor Gwynne, Frank Buxton, R W Davies
Rok vydání: 1985
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Zdroj: Gene. 37:207-214
ISSN: 0378-1119
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(85)90274-4
Popis: A mutant of Aspergillus niger defective in ornithine transcarbamylase function was transformed with plasmids carrying a functional copy of the argB gene of Aspergillus nidulans after treatment of spheroplasts in the presence of polyethylene glycol and calcium ions. The plasmid pDG3 gave stable transformants at a frequency of 4 per microgram of input DNA. Southern blot analysis of DNA from transformants showed that pDG3 DNA had integrated into the A. niger chromosomes at a variety of locations. The transformants were phenotypically stable for many mitotic divisions. This procedure may potentially be used to insert any gene into the genome of A. niger. A cosmid shuttle vector, pDG1, for cloning in Aspergillus was also constructed.
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