A conserved regulatory role for antisense RNA in meiotic gene expression in yeast

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 655-659

  Chen, Huei Mei ^a   Neiman, Aaron M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; YEAST;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MEIOSIS; RNA, ANTISENSE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 82555179131     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.09.010     Document Type: Review

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