From elements to modules: regulatory evolution in Ascomycota fungi

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 571-578

  Wohlbach, Dana J ^a   Thompson, Dawn Anne ^b   Gasch, Audrey P ^a   Regev, Aviv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCETES; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME, FUNGAL; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

ASCOMYCOTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 71149108321     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2009.09.007     Document Type: Review

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