Sex-specific gene expression during asexual development of Neurospora crassa

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 533-543

  Wang, Zheng ^a   Kin, Koryu ^a   López Giráldez, Francesc ^a   Johannesson, Hanna ^b   Townsend, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conidiation; Light; Mating type; Microarray; Pheromone; Transcription

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; CLONING; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; MATING TYPE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; LIGHT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHEROMONES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84862854461     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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