Comparative genomics of Steinernema reveals deeply conserved gene regulatory networks

Genome Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dillman, Adler R ^a   Macchietto, Marissa ^b   Porter, Camille F ^c   Rogers, Alicia ^d   Williams, Brian ^d   Antoshechkin, Igor ^d   Lee, Ming Min ^e   Goodwin, Zane ^f   Lu, Xiaojun ^g   Lewis, Edwin E ^h   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^g   Stock, S Patricia ^e   Adams, Byron J ^c   Sternberg, Paul W ^d,i   Mortazavi, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CAENORHABDITIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RHABDITIDA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RHABDITIDA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84955745157     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0746-6     Document Type: Article

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