2013
Global Gene Expression and Focused Knockout Analysis Reveals Genes Associated with Fungal Fruiting Body Development in Neurospora crassa
Wang Z, Lopez-Giraldez F, Lehr N, Farré M, Common R, Trail F, Townsend JP. Global Gene Expression and Focused Knockout Analysis Reveals Genes Associated with Fungal Fruiting Body Development in Neurospora crassa. MSphere 2013, 13: 154-169. PMID: 24243796, PMCID: PMC3910948, DOI: 10.1128/ec.00248-13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerithecial developmentNeurospora crassaGene expressionSexual developmentBody developmentFruiting-body developmentMost upregulated genesReverse genetics approachGlobal gene expressionSimilar expression patternsSame developmental stageMulticellular organismsSexual crossingMat AUnclassified proteinsDevelopmental traitsN. crassaKnockout analysisTranscriptomic landscapeType genesUpregulated genesGenetic basisDiverse functionsExpression patternsStage specificity
2010
Multi-targeted priming for genome-wide gene expression assays
Adomas AB, Lopez-Giraldez F, Clark TA, Wang Z, Townsend JP. Multi-targeted priming for genome-wide gene expression assays. BMC Genomics 2010, 11: 477. PMID: 20716356, PMCID: PMC3091673, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDNA PrimersGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, FungalGenes, FungalMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMyceliumNeurospora crassaNitrogenOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisReproducibility of ResultsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse TranscriptionRNA, FungalRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSequence Analysis, RNAConceptsGene expressionGene expression assaysNeurospora crassaRibosomal RNAExpression assaysMost protein-coding genesEarly sexual developmentGenome-wide gene expressionTransfer RNA genesProtein-coding genesNitrogen starvation responseGenome of SaccharomycesPreponderance of genesGlobal gene expressionResponse of SaccharomycesCommon sequence motifsSexual developmentDetailed expression profilesReverse transcriptionRNA genesStarvation responseTag sequencingSequence motifsTransfer RNATranscriptomic assays