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HisB as novel selection marker for gene targeting approaches in Aspergillus niger

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Microbiology, March 2017
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Title
HisB as novel selection marker for gene targeting approaches in Aspergillus niger
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BMC Microbiology, March 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12866-017-0960-3
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Markus R. M. Fiedler, Tarek Gensheimer, Christin Kubisch, Vera Meyer

Abstract

For Aspergillus niger, a broad set of auxotrophic and dominant resistance markers is available. However, only few offer targeted modification of a gene of interest into or at a genomic locus of choice, which hampers functional genomics studies. We thus aimed to extend the available set by generating a histidine auxotrophic strain with a characterized hisB locus for targeted gene integration and deletion in A. niger. A histidine-auxotrophic strain was established via disruption of the A. niger hisB gene by using the counterselectable pyrG marker. After curing, a hisB (-) , pyrG (-) strain was obtained, which served as recipient strain for further studies. We show here that both hisB orthologs from A. nidulans and A. niger can be used to reestablish histidine prototrophy in this recipient strain. Whereas the hisB gene from A. nidulans was suitable for efficient gene targeting at different loci in A. niger, the hisB gene from A. niger allowed efficient integration of a Tet-on driven luciferase reporter construct at the endogenous non-functional hisB locus. Subsequent analysis of the luciferase activity revealed that the hisB locus is tight under non-inducing conditions and allows even higher luciferase expression levels compared to the pyrG integration locus. Taken together, we provide here an alternative selection marker for A. niger, hisB, which allows efficient homologous integration rates as well as high expression levels which compare favorably to the well-established pyrG selection marker.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 25%
Researcher 8 16%
Student > Master 7 14%
Student > Postgraduate 4 8%
Student > Bachelor 3 6%
Other 7 14%
Unknown 9 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 19 37%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 25%
Chemistry 2 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 2%
Unspecified 1 2%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 13 25%
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