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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
2018
Using evolutionary genomics, transcriptomics, and systems biology to reveal gene networks underlying fungal development
Wang Z, Gudibanda A, Ugwuowo U, Trail F, Townsend J. Using evolutionary genomics, transcriptomics, and systems biology to reveal gene networks underlying fungal development. Fungal Biology Reviews 2018, 32: 249-264. DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2018.02.001.ChaptersModel speciesFungal developmentGenome-wide gene expression dataEvolutionary developmental biologyEvo-devo researchGenome-wide analysisSystems biology strategiesGene expression dataEvolutionary genomicsSpecies phylogenyGenetic screenDevelopmental biologyDevelopmental traitsGene networksRegulatory networksFungal modelCell biologyModern biologyFossil recordKnockout strategiesDevelopmental processesMultiple speciesSystems biologyMolecular geneticsExpression data