The effect of temperature on Natural Antisense Transcript (NAT) expression in Aspergillus flavus

Current Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 241-269

  Smith, Carrie A ^a   Robertson, Dominique ^b   Yates, Bethan ^c   Nielsen, Dahlia M ^b   Brown, Doug ^b   Dean, Ralph A ^b   Payne, Gary A ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Gene expression; Natural antisense transcripts (NATs); Temperature

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; FUNGAL RNA; NATURAL ANTISENSE TRANSCRIPT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, ANTISENSE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI;

EID: 55349096760     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-008-0215-9     Document Type: Article

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