The FGSC depends on acknowledgements to demonstrate the value of the materials in the collection.
Examples of how you might acknowledge the FGSC follow.
To acknowledge a plasmid:
"The plasmid pMF272 (Freitag et al., 2004) was obtained from
the FGSC"
or
"The sGFP gene from the plasmid pMT-sGFP (Toews et al, 2004,
obtained from the FGSC) was excised by cutting with EcoRI and KpnI"
To acknowledge a strain:
"Strain 4306 (obtained from the FGSC) was prepared by ....
or
"Strain XY123, carrying the un-16 gene from FGSC 4306 was grown in a 20 L bioreactor..."
or
| Strain number | Genotype | Origin |
| 4306 | un-16 ; mat A | FGSC |
| XY123 | un-16; mus-52; mat A | This study |
To acknowledge a gene library:
"A plasmid containing the godA1 gene was identified in the A. fumigatus pRG3-AMA-NotI library (Xue et al, 2004, obtained from the FGSC)"
Alternatively, you may cite the following article to acknowledge the FGSC:
McCluskey, K. 2003. The Fungal Genetics Stock
Center: from Molds to Molecules.
In "Advances in Applied Microbiology Volume 52" (Laskin and Bennett, Eds.)
Elsevier USA. pp 246-262
Journal specific searches
If you have a publication that cites the FGSC that you would like to list here, send us the citation
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