Neurospora sees the light: Light signaling components in a model system

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 448-451

  Chen, Chen Hui ^a   Loros, Jennifer J ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

frq; Light; Microarray; Neurospora; nop 1; Photoreceptors; sub 1; ve 1; vvd; wc 1; wc 2

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 77951293081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.5.8835     Document Type: Short Survey

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