Large-scale comparison of fungal sequence information: Mechanisms of innovation in Neurospora crassa and gene loss in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genome Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 416-430

  Braun, Edward L ^a,b,d   Halpern, Aaron L ^c,e   Nelson, Mary Anne ^a   Natvig, Donald O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENOME RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CELERA GENOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034118874     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.10.4.416     Document Type: Article

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