A test of the coordinated expression hypothesis for the origin and maintenance of the GAL cluster in yeast

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Lang, Gregory I ^a   Botstein, David ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; GAL GENE; GAL1 GENE; GAL10 GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST; GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

EUKARYOTA;

GAL1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GAL10 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GALACTOKINASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

GALACTOKINASE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 80053057544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025290     Document Type: Article

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