Role for antisense RNA in regulating circadian clock function in Neurospora crassa

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6926, 2003, Pages 948-952

  Kramer, Cas ^a   Loros, Jennifer J ^b   Dunlap, Jay C ^b   Crosthwaite, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS;

CIRCARIAN CLOCK FUNCTION;

RNA;

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GENE PRODUCT;

EUKARYOTE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MUTANT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; LIGHT; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0242669950     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01427     Document Type: Article

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