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
2012
Abundant Gene-by-Environment Interactions in Gene Expression Reaction Norms to Copper within Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Hodgins-Davis A, Adomas AB, Warringer J, Townsend JP. Abundant Gene-by-Environment Interactions in Gene Expression Reaction Norms to Copper within Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genome Biology And Evolution 2012, 4: 1061-1079. PMID: 23019066, PMCID: PMC3514956, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCluster AnalysisCopperDNA-Binding ProteinsDose-Response Relationship, DrugGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, FungalGene-Environment InteractionGenes, FungalGenetic VariationMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMicroarray AnalysisNuclear ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTranscription FactorsTranscriptomeConceptsPopulation variationReaction normsGene expression reaction normsGene expressionNovel ecological contextsGenome-wide mRNA levelsGenetic backgroundRelevant copper concentrationsAbundance of variationMitotic fitnessSulfur homeostasisPlastic phenotypesDownstream metabolic consequencesPlastic variationMost genesCopper stressPhenotypic variationGene networksAbundant genesGenetic variationCopper gradientExpression variationEcological contextDifferential expressionGenes
2002
Bayesian analysis of gene expression levels: statistical quantification of relative mRNA level across multiple strains or treatments
Townsend JP, Hartl DL. Bayesian analysis of gene expression levels: statistical quantification of relative mRNA level across multiple strains or treatments. Genome Biology 2002, 3: research0071.1. PMID: 12537560, PMCID: PMC151173, DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-12-research0071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBayes TheoremDNA-Binding ProteinsEthanolGene DeletionGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, FungalGenotypeModels, GeneticNuclear ProteinsOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisRNA, FungalRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSpecies SpecificityTranscription FactorsZincConceptsGene of interestExpression levelsGene expression levelsTwofold thresholdGene basisTranscriptional responseMicroarray comparisonsMinimal mediumExpression differencesBiological insightsMicroarray analysisEthanol shockMicroarray dataRelative mRNA levelsGenesMRNA levelsMultiple strainsBayesian analysisDevelopmental state
2000
The Kinetics of Transposable Element Autoregulation
Townsend J, Hartl D. The Kinetics of Transposable Element Autoregulation. Genetica 2000, 108: 229. PMID: 11294609, DOI: 10.1023/a:1004172703790.Peer-Reviewed Original Research