Ploidy regulation of gene expression

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5425, 1999, Pages 251-254

  Galitski, Timothy ^a   Saldanha, Alok J ^a,b   Styles, Cora A ^a   Lander, Eric S ^a,b   Fink, Gerald R ^a,b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; HAPLOIDY; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TETRAPLOIDY;

CHITINASE; CYCLINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; G1 PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HAPLOIDY; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDES; PLOIDIES; POLYPLOIDY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033538465     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5425.251     Document Type: Article

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