Random insertional mutagenesis in fungal genomes to identify virulence factors.

Methods Mol Biol

Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Published: April 2012

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (ATMT) has become an important tool for functional genomics in fungi. ATMT-based approaches such as random insertional mutagenesis and targeted knockout are widely used for gene functional analysis in plant-pathogen interactions. Here, we describe a protocol for the identification of pathogenicity and virulence genes through random insertional mutagenesis using the fungal wilt pathogen Verticillium dahliae as an example for the protocol.

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