Neurospora as a model fungus for studies in cytogenetics and sexual biology at Stanford

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-159

  Raju, Namboori B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascospore; Ascus development; Chromosome rearrangements; Cochliobolus heterostrophus; Coniochaeta tetraspora; GFP tagged genes; Histone H1 GFP; Meiotic drive; Meiotic silencing; Neurospora sexual biology; Spore killers

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CHROMOSOME; CYTOGENETICS; DOMINANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MODELING; MUTATION; SPORE;

ASCOMYCETES; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CYTOGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MICROSCOPY; NATURAL POPULATION; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BIOLOGY; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

CALIFORNIA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SILENCING; HAPLOIDY; MEIOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA; REPRODUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL; UNIVERSITIES;

COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; CONIOCHAETA TETRASPORA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 67651175903     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-009-0015-5     Document Type: Review

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