SnoRNAs from the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa: Structural, functional and evolutionary insights

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Liu, Na ^a   Xiao, Zhen Dong ^a   Yu, Chun Hong ^a   Shao, Peng ^a   Liang, Yin Tong ^a   Guan, Dao Gang ^a   Yang, Jian Hua ^a   Chen, Chun Long ^b   Qu, Liang Hu ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; FUNGAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTOFUNGI;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR;

EID: 71049117761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-515     Document Type: Article

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