Diverse genetic architectures lead to the same cryptic phenotype in a yeast cross

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Taylor, Matthew B ^a,b   Phan, Joann ^a,c   Lee, Jonathan T ^a   McCadden, Madelyn ^a   Ehrenreich, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HYBRID; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PROGENY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; YEAST; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EPISTASIS; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CROSS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CROSSES, GENETIC; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84973295065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11669     Document Type: Article

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