The genome of Nectria haematococca: Contribution of supernumerary chromosomes to gene expansion

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Coleman, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Rounsley, Steve D ^a   Rodriguez Carres, Marianela ^a,c   Kuo, Alan ^d   Wasmann, Catherine C ^a   Grimwood, Jane ^e,f   Schmutz, Jeremy ^e,f   Taga, Masatoki ^g   White, Gerard J ^a   Zhou, Shiguo ^h   Schwartz, David C ^h   Freitag, Michael ⁱ   Ma, Li Jun ^j   Danchin, Etienne G J ^k,l   Henrissat, Bernard ^k   Coutinho, Pedro M ^k   Nelson, David R ^m   Straney, Dave ⁿ   Napoli, Carolyn A ^a   Barker, Bridget M ^a   Gribskov, Michael ^o   Rep, Martijn ^p   Kroken, Scott ^a   Molnár, István ^a   Rensing, Christopher ^a   Kennell, John C ^q   Zamora, Jorge ^a   Farman, Mark L ^r   Selker, Eric U ^s   Salamov, Asaf ^d   Shapiro, Harris ^d   Pangilinan, Jasmyn ^d   Lindquist, Erika ^d   Lamers, Casey ^h   Grigoriev, Igor V ^d   Geiser, David M ^t   Covert, Sarah F ^u   Temporini, Esteban ^a,v   Vanetten, Hans D ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^k AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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^m UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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^p UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^q SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^t PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 17; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME SIZE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NECTARIA HEMATOCOCCA; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; NECTRIA; PHYLOGENY;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; HAEMATONECTRIA HAEMATOCOCCA;

BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FUNGI; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME, FUNGAL; NECTRIA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 70149110707     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000618     Document Type: Article

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