Ribosomal dna deletions modulate genome-wide gene expression: "rDNA-sensitive" genes and natural variation

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Paredes, Silvana ^a   Branco, Alan T ^b   Hartl, Daniel L ^b   Maggert, Keith A ^a   Lemos, Bernardo ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CROSS BREEDING; DNA MICROARRAY; DROSOPHILA; EUCHROMATIN; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DROSOPHILA; EUCHROMATIN; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LOCI; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 79955575444     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001376     Document Type: Article

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