About the Authors

Markus Schrettl

Affiliations Department of Biology and National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland, Biocenter-Division of Molecular Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Stephen Carberry

Affiliation Department of Biology and National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Kevin Kavanagh

Affiliation Department of Biology and National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Hubertus Haas

Affiliation Biocenter-Division of Molecular Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Gary W. Jones

Affiliation Department of Biology and National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Jennifer O'Brien

Affiliation Department of Biology and National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Aine Nolan

Affiliation Department of Biology and National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

John Stephens

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Orla Fenelon

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Sean Doyle

sean.doyle@nuim.ie

Affiliation Department of Biology and National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Competing Interests

Authors Doyle, Kavanagh, Schrettl, Carberry and Haas are co-inventors on a patent application derived, in part, from the work presented in this manuscript. Schrettl M., Carberry S., Kavanagh K., Haas H. and Doyle S. (2008) Selection marker for transformation of fungi. Filed 22 September 2008. PCT/IE 2008/000091.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS SC KK GWJ JS SD. Performed the experiments: MS SC JO AN OF. Analyzed the data: MS SC KK HH GWJ JO AN JS OF SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK HH GWJ JS. Wrote the paper: MS KK HH SD.